i.
you sit on the hour hand lazily sprawled out
like i could ever love you
slowly
and i am
ticktickticking
stuck on the second hand that
carries me home because
we
(me&you
barty & regulus
hours&seconds)
were always short on time
always just
moments
too late
for everyone elses' happy endings
ii.
you are sharp, all pointed ends,
with bones that toll like
church bells
(ohsoloud; you echo in my ribcage)
and i am two years too young
to ever tell you no
(i am seconds, moments, heartbeats)
and you are clinging to the hour hand
with your teeth, sharkbite, sharkbite,
never letting go
(you have time, so much time;
please use it well)
iii.
and i know you're using me,
can feel the hourglass of us
as everything slips
slips
slips
through my fingers
(tick tock goes the clock
and i will never leave you)
but then you're gone and i miss
the shape of your hands ticking
past the roman numerals of my ribs
counting
one
two
three
between staggered breaths and heartbeats
iv.
when i see you again
(do you hear that knelling sound?
someone must have died)
you are bloodstained and bare
smiling like an open casket
telling me my time is up
"the dark lord," you tick
"you'll join us," you tock
and i'm so grateful that
you're still ticking and tocking
that i ignore the graveyard ring
of your church bell bones
and promise myself
that anything is better than
our hourglass running out of blood to spill
(are your hands as red as mine?)
v.
i am sailing on the second hand
and everything is
muchtoofastbut
you are hanging on the hour hand
(sharkbitebloodstainedchurchbellbones)
and i know we are almost out of time
(tick tock goes the clock
i hope you can forgive me)
AN: This is a companion to DobbyLovesSocks one shot "Out of Time"
Thanks so much to Nay (The Original Horcrux) for publishing this for me while I am laptopless and lonely. She's so fab and I love her.
For the Big/Lil Sis Competition – Prompts: Red
(Nay is so amazing and sexy and love her way too much, possibly more than life)