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Skies as open as you are [Lalli/Reynir]
Title: Skies as open as you are
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Characters/Pairing: Lalli/Reynir
Rating: G/0+
Length: 56 lines poetry
Summary: Glimpses of a life together.
Other: One long poem or several short ones, perhaps. Not in chronological order. Written for Scribe of Mirrormere for Chocolate Box Exchange. [Original Post]
Skies as open as you are
I saw you on the water.
My foot sank beneath it.
Don't come to me without asking;
don't go where I can't follow.
*
My new home is a land without trees
because my home is wherever you are.
The skyline is uneven,
the waves lap at your shore.
*
The skies are open as you are.
The weather has moods like I do.
The ground stirs deep inside
the grass is springy beneath my feet.
*
I gave up my forest
and my still snowy nights.
Your wind greets me.
Stars are the same.
*
How can humans live here?
The ground spits fire,
fit for neither Finn nor beast
but you can walk here freely.
*
Your siblings gave us relics
their souvenirs of the old age.
I pick up these fragile things
surprised they don't crumble in my hands.
*
Once I saw you on the tank's floor
exhausted, wrapped in your blanket.
We closed our eyes together
and I saw you on the water.
*
If I could, I would show you
my starry skies
my dark forest
my snow settling on black pine boughs.
*
Three decades passed and still I wake
and reach for the gun that is not there.
In the warm moonlight I rest here
and listen to you breathing.
*
My cousins send letters
and parcels and packages.
You scribble the answers in my tongue
and answer for both of us.
*
The only thing I like as much
as your bright eyes
is the sight of rare sunlight
on your copper hair.
*
Your land is not my land,
your sea isn't my thousand lakes
but our sky is the same sky.
We share the moon between us.
*
You greet the sky, greet the sun
greet the sheep in our fold,
the ground under our feet.
I walk by your side, let you do the talking.
*
There is no water between us
this space is mine, yours, ours.
Where you go, I go beside you.
I don't have to chase your footprints.
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Characters/Pairing: Lalli/Reynir
Rating: G/0+
Length: 56 lines poetry
Summary: Glimpses of a life together.
Other: One long poem or several short ones, perhaps. Not in chronological order. Written for Scribe of Mirrormere for Chocolate Box Exchange. [Original Post]
Skies as open as you are
I saw you on the water.
My foot sank beneath it.
Don't come to me without asking;
don't go where I can't follow.
My new home is a land without trees
because my home is wherever you are.
The skyline is uneven,
the waves lap at your shore.
The skies are open as you are.
The weather has moods like I do.
The ground stirs deep inside
the grass is springy beneath my feet.
I gave up my forest
and my still snowy nights.
Your wind greets me.
Stars are the same.
How can humans live here?
The ground spits fire,
fit for neither Finn nor beast
but you can walk here freely.
Your siblings gave us relics
their souvenirs of the old age.
I pick up these fragile things
surprised they don't crumble in my hands.
Once I saw you on the tank's floor
exhausted, wrapped in your blanket.
We closed our eyes together
and I saw you on the water.
If I could, I would show you
my starry skies
my dark forest
my snow settling on black pine boughs.
Three decades passed and still I wake
and reach for the gun that is not there.
In the warm moonlight I rest here
and listen to you breathing.
My cousins send letters
and parcels and packages.
You scribble the answers in my tongue
and answer for both of us.
The only thing I like as much
as your bright eyes
is the sight of rare sunlight
on your copper hair.
Your land is not my land,
your sea isn't my thousand lakes
but our sky is the same sky.
We share the moon between us.
You greet the sky, greet the sun
greet the sheep in our fold,
the ground under our feet.
I walk by your side, let you do the talking.
There is no water between us
this space is mine, yours, ours.
Where you go, I go beside you.
I don't have to chase your footprints.