Remus's Lament
I can still see him sometimes
Trapped in my mind's eye
Laughing and saying someday he'd fly
To the moon
Just wait, he'd get it soon
And then he was gone
I never really saw him again
Outside flickers in
The shadows of my mind
Or in the stranger's eyes
Who stood before me
Wrapped in his own misery
But then Time blinked
And we were friends again
But different people, different lives
And then he ran
To the ends of the earth, perhaps
Who knows?
But he was imprisoned again
By kindness and not force
I could see him going mad
Spinning his wheels in the air
No wonder he wouldn't stay when told
He wasn't a true dog, and his heart was far from cold
Like they said it was
He went to save James' son
And somehow
He ended up upon
The martyr's plateau
Where all heroes go
And he never said goodbye
Then again, neither did I
I can still see him sometimes.