Angel
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The soft cries of the forest animals cause me prick my ears. Beckoning. I close my eyes and inhale the soft sounds and smells of the jungle. It's Strange; walking by myself. Strange and comforting.
The forest air is sweet with the smell of dandelions. The yellow flower. Yellow.
I pick them as I go. When I pick I arrange them. Then rearrange them. I've been on this trail many a time. I chuckle as I imagine the titan's reactions to this piece of news…… I rearrange the flowers some more.
I reach the cave. Each time I come here a new scene plays out in my head. It always ends in a warm hug.
There she is. Smiling. Beckoning. Asking for forgiveness. But how could an angel hurt me? But then, she wasn't always an angle.
Strange isn't it? To become divine, you got to die……
But that's more down Raven's lane. I sit down with her. Arm in arm. I inhale her scent. The yellow flower. I tell her all about what's going on……
Robin's new object for obsession……
Cyborg's new car…….
Starfire's new 'delicacy'……
Raven's new book…….
She smiles and laughs along with me…….. You know what? I have come to believe heaven is yellow……
I enter the cave. Now she isn't so alive. Now she isn't so comforting.
Yellow to grey. Flesh to stone.
I smile at the epitaph.
Terra.
A Teen Titan and a True Friend.
They forgot to add 'angel'.
I give her the flowers. And sweep away the old ones.
I pause and look at the flowers. Black and grey. No yellow.
I sigh and sweep them, nevertheless. In the past few years I have come to understand Raven's angst and Robin's obsession.
I steal one last glance at her before turning away.
Time to go back to the Titans……
Time to go back to Sanity……