"From darkness, to light, for you -"
Whispered, a breath of honey in the air tinged with emeralds.
"I turned my back on my friends,"
A rustle of leaves. A soft trail of air against a cheek. Locks of cinnamon, locks of gold.
"I turned my gaze from my family,"
Fingertips, alabaster pale and softer than night,
", and you - you turned my lips from yours."
His palm drifts like a feather against the trunk of a tree.
Rough, the bark. Digging into his palm. It should have been a caress. It should have been her, but it is not.
"From darkness, to light, for you -"
Eyes, closing.
"But you... pushed me back into shadows."
Light, soft, guttering, dying.
"I love you. The shadows you are in are yours."
Eyes of fire, eyes of ice. Eyes of hurt, eyes of love.
"No…never, I wouldn't leave you…"
Arms, soft, slender; hard, strong.
"Never?"
Questions, spoken. Answers, not.
I leave them…let my mind remember them thus. Reconciled, even if for a moment.
For, despite everything-
Their love is forever.
And that knowledge tears them apart.
…
A/N: A little piece that popped into my head. Dedicated to Lilly. A true friend…you deserved better than what life gave you.
May you rest in peace.
