Disclaimer: I do not own Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Author: Ataraia
Note: This is not a oneshot. The next poem will be in Katara's point of view, and this poem is in Aang's point of view. I hope all you Aang/Katara fans like it!
The sun had risen
Like a flaming yellow ball
Thrown up from the distance
And hanging in midair.
I woke to your voice
As the morning came
Silently, Stealthily,
Like a tiger waiting to pounce.
And I asked, "Why?
Why did you wake me?"
You said, "Come with me, Aang."
And I came.
Along the beach we walked
Together
As the waves lapped at our feet
And the grains of sand trembled from our footsteps.
Hand in hand,
We walked and
Watched the sky turn a pale, light
Blue
Like your eyes.
We stood there, looking
Until you placed your
Hand on my shoulder.
And I guess you didn't see me blush
And cower until I said so
But I didn't want you to let go
For some reason.
And so we turned around
Started walking in
the opposite direction
when you asked, "Why?
We could sit here watching
the ocean, the waves,
lapping on the shore
Just me and you
Together."
And those words struck me
and I realized there was more
to us than just this moment
on the beach, us two alone.
I replied,
"We have to go, I'm sorry
But I promise we'll come
back, someday soon."
Someday soon, I suppose,
Someday soon, we'll walk
along this same path again
as the waves lap at our feet
and the sand crunches underneath us.
But what if
this "someday soon"
never comes,
Katara?
When we reached camp,
The sun was wide awake
And the sky was a rich
Blue.
As you stooped down to
make the campfire,
I contemplated this phrase,
"Love is brightest in the dark."
We had shared a moment before
In the cave
And after that,
Nothing had changed from that first kiss.
Except one thing.
You grow more beautiful
Every day
Like a blossoming flower in spring.
And I know that someday,
Someday you'll go off and
leave me for another
and marry him.
And I wonder why
that lucky man couldn't
be me?
Maybe someday, Katara,
Maybe someday soon.