This is why I don't write poetry, generally - look at it! I got it bugging me so I figured I'd write it. Please feel completely free to not read through to the end! Anyway, I figured since it was written I may as well post it in case someone liked it. Please review and tell me how to fix it, or if you like it, or don't, or anything at all indicating you've read it! Reviews make me more likely to post more. :)
It's just a game
Isn't it?
Lucy?
There's isn't anything inside that wardrobe
There can't be
- Least of all a Faun, a fire, and tea.
It's ridiculous
Just drop it.
You're still on about it?
But it can't be
No matter what the Professor says
No matter what I'd like
There is nothing there
Nothing at all.
Oh wait
It's awfully cold
And wet
And is that a light?
Maybe Lucy's right
Maybe magic really exists.
It's not a game
- Where did Edmund go?
We should be searching for him
Not running away from someone who wants to kill us
When Edmund betrayed us.
Lucy?
You were right
And I'm so glad
No matter that the Other Place has become foggy
Never mind that we don't remember anything before Narnia
It doesn't matter
Because we're here
And together
It's not a game
It's wonderful.
Lu, you know,
You are beautiful
They always talk about my beauty
- But they talk about your character
Which would you prefer?
This looks familiar
Let us not go on
But - oh, if you insist
Very well, my Kings and Queen
Onward!
What is this?
It's soft and caressing
Like Mrs Beaver
Only -
Oh, by the Lion! Not there!
It wasn't a game
But now it's over
And that empty feeling
Hopefully they think we're just homesick
I suppose that's what it is.
England isn't all it's cracked up to be
Not after Narnia
Even the Professor doesn't understand
- He wasn't a King or Queen.
Lucy?
Do you ever wonder what's going on?
Back at home?
Has Aslan returned to govern our people?
Or Tumnus?
Or anyone?
What are we to do, without knowing?
I know we'll return
But sometimes
That just doesn't seem enough
I want to know, Lu, now
Not lie awake agonising over the fates of my people.
Is it just me
Or has this year dragged
As no decade in Narnia did?
I want to be Queen again
Maybe that won't happen.
Is it all really how we remember?
Maybe Aslan wasn't that good
Did we just imagine all the times he came and helped?
- I know, never fear, I remember the night at the Table
I know what he did, to save Edmund
But sometimes, you know, I just want to go home
- Or to never have gone.
Everything feels different now
Stop pulling me!
Going to school is awful enough
Without you being horrid.
What's going on?
Everything has changed
A minute ago we were sitting on a seat at a train station
This doesn't look like a train station
- Is that the sea?
Where on earth are we?
Are we on earth?
You don't know?
Oh Lucy, don't fail us now.
No
Surely
It can't be
The castle can't have tumbled down in a year
Please
Un-make this
I can't bear it.
What's going on here?
A dwarf?
A boat?
A pair of soldiers?
At least here I can be useful.
Don't, Ed
Don't keep on at him like that
Just because everything's different
And we're all still a bit off balance
Find your footing and apologise.
What do you mean
- Aslan
He's not here
Certainly not across the gorge
Like Trumpkin says
The shadows are funny.
What's that thing up ahead
Not Aslan
Lucy, it can't be Aslan
It's just a trick of the light.
It's not Aslan
I'm telling you, it's not
Because if it is, I'm in the wrong
- Aslan - I'm sorry
I feel a little braver now
I'll try and be like Lucy
Even if I don't think I can be.
Too old?
What do you mean, too old
We grew old in Narnia
Surely we can again
Aslan please
I don't think I can
I know what you want
I don't want to fail you
Please let us stay.
Lucy, I don't think he means you
Just us
You'll understand
When it's your turn
Someday it must be your turn to be cast out
Even if Aslan loves you so much
I thought he loved me.
It's dull here
Back in England
Narnia was so beautiful
England's just England
And Aslan isn't in it
I know
He has another name here
Or so he says
I don't know it.
Narnia isn't just a game
But I wish it was
Knowing it's there is worse when you can't return
Aslan, why did you shut us out?
We're not too old
I'd give anything to return
Lucy?
Can you tell me, next time you go?
I'm lonely.
You don't like it?
I know it's my first time using makeup
But I thought it looked rather fine
This has nothing to do with Narnia
I promise I'm not leaving that behind.
Dear little Lucy,
You wouldn't understand
America would be no good for you
Because you'd be bored by it
Bored by the boys
Not because you're not beautiful
If we had more time together I'd make you understand.
What? Narnia? Why, I haven't heard that word in ages
I almost don't recognise it
- Of course I'm joking
Of course I am.
I know that's what I said
But you've got to remember how long ago that was
America has quite filled my thoughts for ages
Please understand
It was a reprieve from homesickness
But now, alright, I'll listen.
So he's married now, is he?
Dear Lucy, I hope you are not disappointed
Would you have stayed
If he asked you to?
- I'm joking! Joking!
Can't you take a joke?
I disagree
My head is not 'filled with boys'
Just because I like romance
Doesn't mean I'm stupid.
Sorry
I can't come
I've already got something on that evening
- If you must know, George
It wasn't planned
How would I know you wanted to talk about There?
Aslan please
I wish I could find you
But when I look
All I see is men
A prophet
A reader of cards
A smokescreen
A falsehood
Not you.
Peter says he's found you
But what I see isn't you
I see a man
Not a Lion
- Have you deceived me?
Lucy, my dear little sister
I'm busy right now
Please, come back later
Maybe in the spring we can talk of Narnia
Right now, I'm busy.
Peter's quite insistent
Aslan guide me
I don't want it
I don't want to see
That what happened with Edmund already happened before
It wasn't just Edmund
It was the world
Please don't
I don't want to hear it
I want Aslan
Not Jesus.
Do I really want Aslan?
Aslan betrayed me
He sent me away to find him in this world
He isn't here
Aslan please
Speak to me
If you're real.
Lucy, I have to get on with life
Not held back by the memory of a Lion
The memory of a song
And dance
And laughter
And joy
When all I have now is here
Please understand
Please don't hold me back.
Shut up about Narnia
Shut up about it all
Peter, keep quiet
Edmund, you might feel doubly saved
But you don't need to inflict it on me
Be saved for both of us.
What a funny thing, you all talking about it
It was a game
Just a game
Lu, don't try and remind me
The coats were always coats
I rapped the back of the wardrobe
Solid wood
It was just a game.
Do you think I'm a fool?
You're breaking the law
I won't have any part in it
Even if I can't forget
I can't forget
But I can move on.
What, Officer? What are you saying?
This isn't a game
We only have one life
And you're saying that they - ?
I can't believe it
I won't
Please
Aslan
I want you back
I know, I walked away
But I want it back
I want them back
Please.
Maybe it's true
Maybe what Peter says really happened
After all, dying for Edmund shows that he could
Dying for the world isn't so different
Maybe it's true
Or maybe not
I wish Aslan would talk to me
Please, Aslan
Please.
Nobody invites me to parties anymore
I'm the shadow on the edge of the throng
The girl who doesn't talk
They know why
But the shadows are whisked away
With every light, bright, flimsy dress
And forgotten.
Edmund - oh, Ed, be saved for both of us
I don't see the Lion,
In the Lamb
In the Man
Maybe it's true
I just don't see it
Someone guide me
Aslan help us all.
You don't quite realise the depth of loneliness
Until you can't have the ones you pushed away
I always knew I could count on you, Lucy
Dear Lucy, it was just a game
Until it wasn't
Then it was a delight
Until the roses showed their thorns
The Lion his claws
Now it's a hollow mockery
Lucy, I wish I could talk it over with you
Maybe you'd make me see the Lion in this world
Because I can't.
It's been such a long time
Since you were here
All of you here and happy
I'd give every party, every dance, every beau, every glance
For a second to have you all back again
What seemed so bright and happy is poisonous inside
Nobody tells me what's right
I only have half-remembered guidance
And Aslan does not speak to me now.
I don't blame him
It's not a game
It never has been.
Aslan
Please.