Disclaimer: everybody knows they are not mine, 'cause they belong to each other - erm- to J.K. Rowlings.
Warnings: poetry, lack of periods if at the end of a verse (it's just my style)
Author's note: this is something happy and sweet I just had to write. As usual, reviews are loved.
The perfect match
It started with a game. I played the Seeker
for seven years, training my eyes to follow
your trail of gleaming gold, my body tense
toward the telltale glint of light upon you
heart leaping, broomstick lifting, swelling need
to reach you, touch you, catch you, to etch myself
deep down into the memory of your flesh
...
One day your flight collided with my mouth
and the fluttering wings under my hands
were your eyelids, the silver butterflies
of your quickening pulse, your beating blood
rising under pale skin, flickering flare
of every precious metal in your gaze
when you opened to me, closing the game
...
Both in Quidditch and life, same rules apply:
you are my Golden Snitch, therefore I win