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The things you remember [Veeti Hollola]
Title: The things you remember
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Characters: Veeti Hollola
Rating: 0+
Length: 51 lines poetry
Summary: There are things you remember. Things you have to hold on to. Things you can't forget.
Other: Prompt was "any prologue character - coping with the new world". As for Veeti, he's just doing his best. [Original post]
The things you remember
There are things you remember
when your world cracks open
strewn out all over the place
like an upturned tub of Legos.
The crink-crink-crinkle
of foil on a chocolate bar
at the bottom of your backpack
forgotten, crushed to pieces.
You open it carefully
not dropping a single one
and as you pop the little shards
into your mouth
you suck on them slowly
savouring every bit.
Or walking home from school
on the kind of warm day
when it's bright, yellow, shining
suddenly the sky opens
dumps down a shower
and it's raining and sunny all at once.
Orange juice with breakfast
your favourite song on the radio
and the crunch of fresh-fallen snow
under your boots as you walk
to school in the winter's dark
and the silence and peace
and soft stillness of the morning
never thinking that anything could hurt you.
The smell of ink on your notebook paper
the way it smudges all over your hand
because your mom buys you the cheap pens
and you just laugh it off and go around
blue for the rest of the day.
Trading Pokémon at lunch
sitting side-by-side with your friends
sharing the cookies their dad baked
sugar sticking to your fingers
snickering at that joke that nobody else
would ever get
because you had to be there
in that moment.
You remember things like that
in the night, in the dark
curled up with your family against the cold
listening to their breathing
hoping you won't hear anything else
and you close your eyes tight
to bring back the sun
and the laughter
ginger cookies on your tongue
and a joke you will never be there for again.
Fandom: Stand Still Stay Silent
Characters: Veeti Hollola
Rating: 0+
Length: 51 lines poetry
Summary: There are things you remember. Things you have to hold on to. Things you can't forget.
Other: Prompt was "any prologue character - coping with the new world". As for Veeti, he's just doing his best. [Original post]
The things you remember
There are things you remember
when your world cracks open
strewn out all over the place
like an upturned tub of Legos.
The crink-crink-crinkle
of foil on a chocolate bar
at the bottom of your backpack
forgotten, crushed to pieces.
You open it carefully
not dropping a single one
and as you pop the little shards
into your mouth
you suck on them slowly
savouring every bit.
Or walking home from school
on the kind of warm day
when it's bright, yellow, shining
suddenly the sky opens
dumps down a shower
and it's raining and sunny all at once.
Orange juice with breakfast
your favourite song on the radio
and the crunch of fresh-fallen snow
under your boots as you walk
to school in the winter's dark
and the silence and peace
and soft stillness of the morning
never thinking that anything could hurt you.
The smell of ink on your notebook paper
the way it smudges all over your hand
because your mom buys you the cheap pens
and you just laugh it off and go around
blue for the rest of the day.
Trading Pokémon at lunch
sitting side-by-side with your friends
sharing the cookies their dad baked
sugar sticking to your fingers
snickering at that joke that nobody else
would ever get
because you had to be there
in that moment.
You remember things like that
in the night, in the dark
curled up with your family against the cold
listening to their breathing
hoping you won't hear anything else
and you close your eyes tight
to bring back the sun
and the laughter
ginger cookies on your tongue
and a joke you will never be there for again.