Nothing But Black

by My Insolence

A short poemish, angsty fic about Sirius and his family. Please R&R.

Black.

Nothing but black.

Black is a word, but so much more.

It is your name, your lineage, your pedigree, your past.

You can't escape your blood, she always said.

You can run, but you will always be a Black.

You can't change that.

Do what you want,

Act as if you don't know.

Hide your true self

Behind a smiling face, glowing eyes

Humorous remarks

A seductive wink.

But you can't hide from yourself.

You know that it will one day find you,

That your blood will one day be the end of you.

You know, yet you pretend to forget

Even though you can't.

Black is your name, and so it will be always.

Black is the noble blood

Running through your veins

That you choose to hate

And so we hate you.

You are the heir of Black,

Gryffindor or not.

We can exile you

And act as if you never existed

But you do.

And you will one day have to face

That you are nothing more than

Black.