Okay, so I felt like some poetry. Don't bite my head off if you don't like it, but ConCrit is aways fabulous. This is sort of free-verse, though it doesn't seem like it at first.
I Am So, So Sorry, Lily
I watched from afar
As you fell in love,
I watched from afar
As you broke my heart.
I watched from afar
As you had a son,
I watched from afar
As the Potter kid won.
I watched from afar
As you laughed and lived,
I watched from afar
As you spread your wings.
I could not spread my wings,
For though I saw you happy
I myself was not.
I would never be happy
Until my dying day;
I swore revenge upon the one
Who took you away.
I never wanted for you to die
I never wanted the light
To leave your eyes
It did, and with it, so did I
My heart, my soul has said goodbye
And now I am the shell of a man
The Dead Man walking, running, flying.
I will never have peace knowing
That what happened was my doing
But maybe, someday, you'll forgive me
For whisking you away.
I watched from afar
As you laughed and lived;
I watched from afar
As you died and fell.
I watched from afar
As they dug the grave
I watched from afar
A they lowered you in.
So peaceful you looked
Like you might be asleep
And I wished that you knew
For what was I weeping.
My Lily, my lovely Lily,
Believe me when I say
I am so, so sorry.
I never wanted to hurt you, Lily,
And now that I have
I cannot live.
I wish I could undo
The pain that I've caused you
But it's done now, and done it must be.
Hear me when I say that I am sorry,
For I live on the hope of your forgiveness.
I cannot go on without this hope,
Lily, your love is my only hope.
Consider it small payment
That I look out for your son.
It's the least I could do,
And when all is doneā¦
He has your eyes,
Those vibrant emeralds
That I loved so much on you.
I remember you, Lily,
When I gaze upon him,
And I hate myself anew.
So believe me, Lily,
When I say,
That I am truly, deeply, sorry,
For whisking you away.
