she floated away upon the wind

[starduchess]

Title: she floated away upon the wind
Author: starduchess
Pairing: Draco/Hermione
Rating: PG
Warnings: angst, implied character death, ghosts, Japanese haiku
Notes: written for dmhgchallenge October 2011 prompt: Samhain


stepping out, crunching
underfoot, whipping wind which
brings a chill to flesh.

darkened evergreens,
a gathering of faggots
with hushed “Confringo”.

crackling heat, the flames
burning in his mind and soul.
he waits in silence.

eventually,
they come, shadows emerging
from within the brush,

characters of old --
some young, some white, most scowling --
particularly

accusatory.
fires pop staccato beats, like
hexes from her wand.

dung and bitter peat
moss, rotting everywhere,
cloyingly are all

he smells, instead of
the spicy honeysuckle
she preferred to wear.

her bushy locks, doe
eyes flit by him; she is lost
again to the air.

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