This is my first ever submission. This is a poem a wrote about a man staring into the water at a lily that he cant quite reach. The man whose story the perspective is in represents Snape and the lily flower represents Lily.

Lilys float down the stream

barely breaking the surface of the clear cool water

their faultlesness catches the eye of all passerss by

i am mezmorised by the delicate leaves

the bright purple colour

that catches the sunlight perfecly

leaving a slight voilet tinge to the water surrounding

dew droplets from the early moring air

stilll cling to the petals

I reach my hand in to try to catch one

but it slides betweens my fingers

dodges my grasp

and i am a second too late to catch it

it follows its path down the stream

leaving me stunned

sitting motionless on the grass

hypnotized

I stand up and start to follow it

wonderng what will happen next

The sudden rushing of water that fills my ears

startles me after the placid state the lily has put me in

A water fall!

I look ahead and see the swirling waters

the jagged rocks that cuts the surface of the stream

white water, rushing and roaring its dangerous roar

I start to run, faster and faster

but no matter how i run the lily is too far away

one last hope i reach out my fingers...

down

all i see is a flash of purple before it is consumed by the white water monster

I run to the edge of the waterfall

mabye...

a crumpled purple figure apears

no longer beautiful

the sun no longer shown through the torn petals

a sickly yellow frames the leaves

the water rebukes the grotesque form

the feeble flower

I put out my hand and it no longer gracefully dodges my fingers

it clumsily collapses into the crevaces of my hand

All life was drained from it

Suddenly, a bright purple in the midst of the crippled sight catches my eye

a single petal had been left unhurt

perfectly soft and new

still filtering sunlight through its petals

a sudden hatred overwhelms me

why should iit live while the source of its life had been demolished?

But i picked it up amidst my disgust

i shall tend to it, care to it, make sure it grows to be healthy and strong

but only for the lily

that stole my heart

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