Kite in the Rain - Master Harold... and the Boys fanfic

[elen_nare]

Title: Kite in the Rain
Fandom: Master Harold... and the Boys (2010 movie)
Rating: PG
Length: 154 words
Characters/Pairings: Harold (Hally)
Author notes: Written for the "do it over" challenge at fan_flashworks.
Content Notes: a short free-form poem.
Summary: Hally's thoughts as he cycles home.


Today
It rained and
Everything went wrong

You can’t fly a kite in the rain
But you can watch it plummet down

Sam can keep his dream –
“A World Without Collisions” –
I know crutches slip on wet floors

(Father doesn’t need rain to slip
Drowns himself in a different liquid)

“Master Harold” painted the sign
That “Hally” had never seen
And even the storm can’t seem to wash me clean

But… tomorrow… perhaps it won’t rain… perhaps…

Tomorrow
The sun will shine
And I can do it all over

Make a new kite with Sam
See it soar through a clear blue sky

Watch Willie dance
Write his dream again
This time, do it properly

(No paper crumpled and torn up
No bottle smashing against the wall)

Forget I ever wanted to be “Master Harold”
Be “Hally”, be myself once more
Let the light blot out the sign I wrote

But… tonight… it’s raining.

Comments

[bluealoe]

I know absolutely nothing about this movie, but the poem was amazing. I can feel the sense of longing, of wanting tomorrow to be better, but drowning in the despair of the moment.

I especially liked "Drowns himself in a different liquid". So vivid! And the last line is haunting. :(

[elen_nare]

Thank you for reading! I'm glad you liked it :) I recommend the movie - it's set in Apartheid-era Sotuh Africa, and it's very good.