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A Beautiful Person

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I.
I suppose,
You could say we met
On a strangely auspicious day.
The sun was out,
Shining as it so often does in movies,
And the ambient noise was
Simply perfect.
A child's scream
Blending seamlessly with the rush
And adrenaline of cars
Racing by like a street race,
Followed  by
The urgency embedded in
The police car's siren.

II.
I suppose,
You could say we got along well.
I fancied him. A beautiful gentleman.
A beautiful person.
There was a grace and mind
So pure,
It struck me like the roaring
Thunder
During the storm;
I was shocked.

III.
I suppose,
You could say we met again.
Not by coincidence, or perhaps maybe.
What a strange fellow he was, or is.
I can't be quite sure.
Either way, he was a wonderful
Conversation partner.
A body with a soul and mind
So perfectly matched
It was as if there was a
God
Who created him
Like a puzzle.

IV.

I suppose,
You could say we didn't connect.
And yet we did.
But we didn't at the same time.

V.
I suppose,
You could say we were both confused.
Life often escaped both of us,
And we often found ourselves in
Odd situations.
Separate
Odd situations.

VI.
I suppose,
You could say we met again yesterday.
You could also say we didn't say much.

VII.
I suppose,
You could say we didn't say anything.
At all.

VIII.
I suppose,
You could say we don't know each other.
There are probably a thousand typos in this because it's 1:15 in the morning.

This is for [link]
That contest.
Because I liked the prompt.
And it served well.

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Edit: So, looking back on this description, I realized it was really brief and terse.
That's not my style, yo.
So.
The prompt was "perfect strangers" and while I'd prefer not to share the inspiration and let the piece speak for itself, I really, really, really like the prompt.
So, "because I love you, I will let you know."

...
Actually.
I lied.
:fish:
(Ten points if you get the reference, BTDubs.)

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Edit:
I lied about lying.
So.
I love those times when you see a person, or a picture of them, or they come up in conversation and you realize you know them.
Or knew them.
You understood their person, but now they've been reduced to a mere name/face. You don't know them anymore, and it's horrible.
The feeling is horrible, like you've lost something. Once you stopped knowing them, you stopped knowing a part of yourself too. It doesn't matter how well you knew them, or liked them, you just needed to know them well enough to say so.

They are merely a memory.
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PigeonSimba's avatar
Very, very nice. I like the sequence of events and the cataloguing of the different stages of their relationship. It gives me a feeling like this girl fell in love with the essence of the man, when in fact she never knew the reality.