Survivor: Laterose 03 - Only Time
A/N: Well, the third part. Rose's POV, and she makes a decision that will shape the rest of her life. To Enya's Only Time. The next will be in ballad form, I think.
I've missed a verse out - it's a repeat of the first, only the other way round. Sue me. I've done something like that with Wild Child, besides, I've only got about £20, but I'd have to check my moneybox.
Mariel Gullwhacker.
Who can say
Where the road goes
Where the day flows
- Only time
No one can say where the days go to. They're longer now, because I've nothing to do.
I'd like to know where all those roads lead to. Maybe I can travel them someday soon. But only time will tell.
And who can say
If your love grows
As your heart chose
- Only time
Who can predict the future? Polleekin can, I think, but she's not…ordinary. Her cooking is out of this world -
She smiles, and her body trembles with silent laughter.
- and she can prophesy bad things, at least. I think she can tell of good things - they go hand in hand with bad events - but I know she can predict bad things, because I heard her.
No one can say if things go as you'd like them to. Nobody could say that Martin would die. Nobody could say if we would have loved with a fairy-tale ending. My heart would have chosen to be with him, I know, but it wasn't our choice.
Who can say
Why your heart sighs
As your love flies
- Only time
Why is it that you can get broken hearts? They can fix everything else but that. Only time can do that, no matter what they say about a touch of tender loving care. I don't say that that might not help it, but…
I think - I know - that I'll never love again. The greatest love stories are tragedies, they say. Love is a very frightening thing before you fall in it. I almost envy those who have been friends for seasons, and gradually come to love each other. They aren't thrown in at the deep end, so to speak.
She almost smiles at her choice of words, then turns and gazes into the delicate azure water. Rose lets her paw dip into the spring, and allows it to drift with the current.
And who can say
Why your heart cries
As your love lies
- Only time
The part of Dame Fortune which deals with love has lied to us. Fate lied. They said we would be together…then went back on that promise.
There is pain in my heart…but I don't think that it is broken. I don't cry so readily at the mention of Martin, and I don't cry at nights, either. The others say that they will bury him in Noonvale, but I don't think they should. He loved his northern home, and that's where he shall rest if I have carry him there alone. Actually, I'd prefer it that way.
Who can say
When the roads meet
That love might be
In your heart
No, I've decided. I'm never going back to Noonvale. Ever. I couldn't bear it.
I'll follow those roads I saw. I'll find out where the day goes at night. I won't love like I loved Martin, but there's different kinds of love. Family love, the love between friends, the love you feel towards a hurt babe, and the love you want to hold forever, the love between lovers…our love.
And who can say
When the day sleeps
If the night keeps
All your heart
I only have any feeling towards the night now. I don't care for the day…it's too happy. But if I'm awake during the night, and think of it as the daytime, when does the day go? Never mind where it goes, when does it go?
Who knows - only time
Who knows - only time