ashes, ashes (we all fall down)

by cheadsearc

but it's the devil that's trying to hold me down :: sometimes, you cannot escape the labyrinth of suffering :: hermione and the pain within :: dark!hermione

night seems
darker
days seem
worse
just like a whisper
I can't be heard

my soul was sunlight
but now it's a black hole
full of

d·a·r·k·n·e·s·s

/

the screams
echo
like howling
winds
light at the end
but I'm bound to this hell

my world was free
but now I'm on my knees
it's choking me
I taste

d/e/a/t/h

/

I was golden
once
the girl who was
perfect
but they've ripped my wings
and I'll fall down dead

the fire burnt bright
we'd never give up the fight
my darling, look where we are now
I can feel the

a:g:o:n:y

/

(it can't be, the light's disappeared)
((my fate's sealed, I'm doomed to fall here))

/

[ring-a-round the rosie]
[a pocket full of posies]
[ashes! ashes!]
[we all fall down]

/

so i discovered some interesting facts about this old rhyme ring-a-round the rosie. apparently it was born during the great plague. 'rosie' refers to a person afflicted by the disease, 'posies' are the medicines or herbs used to cure it (which didn't work, many a time. the book wasn't very clear on this.) and the last two lines are, obviously, referring to the death that follows.

i have imagined an au where hermione, affected by the events of malfoy manor, couldn't quite get over the fear and delusions, hence, dark!hermione. of course, you might imagine it differently... it's left to you. reviews make my day [evening?] :)