RWBY: pOum

So Many Things... (Tai/Raven)

Written by Tai, to Raven.

I remember... getting off the plane at Beacon-

Suddenly struck by your hair beauty black.

You were wild and willful and free;

My first love; and you loved me back.

I fondly recall our midnight meetings;

And the mischievous plans we would make.

Staying awake deep into each evening;

The portals to random people we'd take...

You were as boiling as water, on fire;

You were cold as the chill winter morn.

Born brazen and so full of ire!

A spring meadow in the eye of the storm!

You were the concept I just couldn't grasp;

My disasterly gorgeous elation!

Perplexing, confounding, yet always resounding;

A confusing, enrapturing creation!

I see you, in her intense and piercing stare.

I see you, in her straight-forward demeanor.

I see you, with her attitude of "I-couldn't-care",

I see you, if only you could've seen her...

When she and Zwei muddied up the entire kitchen floor;

When she tried to make cookies out of crayon;

When she saw her first giant Nevermore;

Now all the years of her childhood are bygone...

You spoke of her with such excitement!

Even before she ever arrived;

We would lay and talk as the hours went,

I'll never forget that look in your eyes...

What replaced your hope with such sadness?

What fear took the place of your light?

Only heartbreak I heard, in our little girl's words,

When you flew away in the night.

Did I miss or ignore something deadly?

With such ease, you seemed to betray;

How was I mistaken so badly?

I walked alone, while you lost your way...