Dedicated to spitfire21, whose encouragement and friendship is invaluable to me.
Arigato gozaimasu
A/N: Sorry, it's a little angsty, but I thrive on that stuff :)
Disclaimer: I do not own the Labyrinth or its characters; this fanfiction/poem is not made for profit in anyway; it is only further proof of my love for the movie and that I have an overactive imagination.
Title: One Last Time
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I followed you
One last time
My stern gaze grandly
Sweeps the concrete floor
Accompanying the beat
Of your tapping foot
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You are tired yet triumphant
As you await your ride home
The large duffel bag slung
Over your shoulder
Housing your knickknacks,
Your clothes, and your diploma.
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It was the breeze
I think
That made you turn toward me
Carrying the scent of baked earth
Fairy powder
And darkest night
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Your foot stops
And everything in you
Seizes up, as you see
Me,
In a very common,
Very brown business suit,
Smile
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You say nothing
And I like it that way
I cross to you
Over concrete, over worlds
Looking down at you
Through dark rimmed spectacles
One last time
To offer
To give
What I would rather take
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You lips part in confusion
I shake my head
And solemnly lift up
An open palm
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I do not want words
--
I ask for so little, I mouth
And you
As if in a trance
Innocently yearning
Slowly bring your palm upward
Hesitant
--
For power, I wonder
Choices?
Love…
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A sound breaks your concentration
The ghost of your touch
Haunts my bereft fingers
As your hand snaps shut
And returns to your side
Quietly you turn away
As I hear the crunch of gravel
Under turning wheels
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I am broken
Broken all over again
By the power you have over me
As I see you enter the bus
And I feel the whole world in one second
Insignificantly hushed
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The doors close
And your form is obscured
By the plain and mundane figures
Who press against you with their
Cell phones and newspapers
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Gas and smoke
I stifle the urge to cough
Deny reciprocation of any kind
To the small pocket of glass
Being pressed against by your hand
As you peer back
Determined and whole
Over the increasing stretch of road
Saying one last time
Your silent goodbye.
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