they say the words
the soothing
comforting
heartfelt words
but he does not hear
he does not listen
all he knows
is that he is ~gone~gone~gone~
and with him he took
{himself}
mockery/in/the/mirror/mockery/in/the/mirror
{George and Fred and Fred and George}
why Fred
why not
h
i
m
instead?
he looks at the ground
cold
and
white
and
d
e
a
d
and he ~thinks~thinks~thinks~
if he wishes hard enough
he will be
d
e
a
d
too
but he does not die
the end does not come
it/never/comes/it/never/comes/it/never/comes
because two
take away one
is one
but one
take away one
is never two
never will be two
until two halves
become one whole
time slips away
they worry for him
but to himself he is ~dead~dead~dead~
then she comes
he does not know why
but she
h
e
a
l
s
him and now
he does not wish to be
d
e
a
d
and he knows
he knows and she knows and they know and I know and you know
that he is watching
he is waiting
with them
Moony
Padfoot
Prongs
and
Gred
but one is missing
{Forge and Gred and Gred and Forge}
they are so tiny
he cannot believe
they/are/his/they/are/his/they/are/his
but she laughs
she
l
a
u
g
h
s
{of course they're his}
and he is laughing too
he/is/laughing/too/he/is/laughing/too/he/is/laughing/too
and years later
they say the words
they love him
they will miss him
they don't want him to be
d
e
a
d
but he ~knows~knows~knows~
what/happens/next
and George smiles because
he sees him waiting
{George and Fred and Fred and George}
the
ghost
of
his
last
laugh
still
etched
upon
his
face.