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Title: The Bones of Winter
Fandom: BtVS, season 6
Rating: G
Character: Tara
Concrit: Please, in Comments
Disclaimer: They aren’t mine, not yet, but they will be… once I’ve taken over the world. Bwah-ha-ha!
Summary: Tara reflecting on why she has to leave Willow
Note: Written for a prompt at Open on Sunday: Winter Bones

The bones of summer cannot be seen. In summer, life feeds on life, always increasing, always taking. Summer is progress, is new and improved, is never stopping because those that stop in summer become bones, become nothing, become whatever summer wants before they even know they are dead.

Tara found the flower. The bones of winter are the stark desolation of a wind so bitter that it burns her soul. When Tara looks at Willow, she sees a summer that takes and takes and Tara, unable to lose more of herself, cannot stay to be burned once again by summer.
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Date: 2013-03-08 06:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Thanks. I wasn't sure how well it worked.

Date: 2013-03-08 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com
I like this - it's the kind of unusual take on the seasons I think Tara would have.


Gabrielle

Date: 2013-03-09 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Thanks. Yeah, I did think Tara would be the one to meditate on the seasons.

Date: 2013-03-09 02:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pssnfrt-ksss.livejournal.com
I like this. Reflects the tragedy of the situation, where two people in love can't stay together, not because of outside forces but simply because of issues in the relationship itself. Also love the season analogy, especially coming from Tara.

Date: 2013-03-09 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Excellent comments, thank you. Once I started thinking about seasons, I did think Tara would be the best person to reflect on them. I'm so glad you commented on that!

Date: 2013-03-10 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] leni-ba.livejournal.com
Oh, that was beautiful!

Date: 2013-03-10 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
Thank you! *huge grin*

Date: 2013-03-10 01:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] comlodge.livejournal.com
Oh my. That is poetry. It is haiku extended. Very Tara. Very sad. Excellent anaolgy of their relationship, where it is and using the seasons leaves hope for change.

Date: 2013-03-10 05:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com
That is one of the most excellent comments I've ever recieved. You should always comment on my stories! ;-)

Date: 2013-03-10 07:49 pm (UTC)

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