Before I knew your humanity
Before we were family
Before I knew your loyalty
Before you showed your grace,
Before there was honesty
Before there was apology
Deatheater was your name.
But then there came enlightenment
No hallowed pure-blood entitlement
No war, no fate,
No great divide,
No blood-filled destiny,
And purpose to stand beside.
And then we were alone
Like a vast and sudden wilderness,
A sky so blue it could outshine the sun:
But not your eyes.
We found a new life in our self-made world;
But I'll never forget the scars I gave you...
Before you were mine.