Title: I'll Save Your Smiles
Summary: A Remus/Tonks poetry collection
Chapter Title: Up and Down
Competition: Poetry Collection Competition
Type of Poem: One-Liners (aka Singlets or Singlet Poetry)
Up and Down
She has discovered that she likes to pace—a habit she's picked up since he left
She wears down the wooden floor of their small house- at least it's theirs
Pacing up and down, she burns holes in the already tarnished carpet
Her feet are growing sore with all the pacing—up and down, up and down
She wonders if the child inside of her will inherit the habit- she hopes not
One day, out of nowhere, she stops in her tracks after pacing for hours
The doorbell rings and it's him- ashamed and apologetic
She looks at him before she takes a seat, silently
Wrapping her arms around her body, she realizes she can stop the pacing
Pacing is for the nervous, the idle, and the bored- her love has returned
She swallows, lets out a deep sigh, and runs up to him
She isn't nervous, idle, or bored…she just needs him