All apologies to JKR.
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My path was chosen
The day I came in second
To the damned werewolf.
Wrath provokes mistakes.
Resentment fuels bad choices:
The deadliest sin.
Green and silver tie
Tolerate; but do not trust.
Never good enough.
It was just a prank?
So many acts overlooked.
Where is MY justice?
I can tell no one.
Seething, simmering anger.
They get detention?
Why take the Dark Mark?
Power for the powerless.
But it was a lie.
I will make them pay.
Bowing to a false prophet,
I help keep her safe.
She was never safe.
Albus failed to protect her.
Falsehoods from the Light.
My fury is naught
But guilt, cleverly disguised
Fooling none but me.
Riddle will return.
And so I abide, waiting.
Brewing up vengeance.
I cannot teach them
What they do not wish to learn.
Frustration is rage.
"Well done, Slytherin."
Did you know how you hurt them?
Did you even care?
Perceptive children.
You chase them to his service.
Why can't you see that?
The Rat was Judas.
He scurries about my home.
He needs to suffer.
I want to kill him.
Some build castles in the air;
I see a gallows.
"And my soul, Albus?"
Why do I have to buy peace
With my soul the price?
A lamb for slaughter
Seventeen years, all for naught.
My rage fuels my spell.
Nineteen Ninety Eight.
"I regret it." Did Albus?
My penance is done.