Eyes Wide Open

"I lay smiling like our sleeping children.
One of us will die inside these arms;
Eyes wide open, naked as we came.
One will spread our ashes 'round the yard."


Written for the Harry Potter Picture Contest. My prompt was the banner for this layout.

Word Count: 1,484

Disclaimer: Anyone and anything that is mentioned from the Harry Potter series, belongs to the amazing J.K. Rowling. Title credit for this story and the lyrics above come from the song Naked As We Came by Iron and Wine.