TITLE: ECHOES
DISCLAIMER:
I suppose I can do without this since there are no specific
mentions,
but... I own them not.
SUMMARY: Mmmmm, war poetry. Lovely
inspiration. Severus wanders the halls
and thinks back to a
certain Mr Potter, dead these last fifteen years.
PAIRING: James
Potter/ Severus Snape
RATING: PG-13, I think.
ARCHIVE: No,
please.
We
fought together, you and I,
Both against the darkness
and
against the light.
We fought injustices perceived
though not
agreed on.
We fought together, you and I,
One against the
other
All through the night.
We fought together, you and
I,
being young and strong
and always so, so wise.
We fought
when we agreed,
but mostly when we disagreed
on little things
you and I
could not comprehend. We fought
with truth, though
oftener with lies.
We each hated the other, you and I,
being
certain of each other's
wrongs and foul deceit.
There were
screams and deaths
And more hardships than we could
Endure -
yet we endured them, you and I,
young men, strong men;
we would
not contemplate defeat
In this, our holy war. You and I
fought
greatly in those
dark, forgotten days,
heroes each to our
side.
Bright was our glory,
brighter still the death you and
I
brought. Heroes we may have been,
my dear, in that autumn
haze,
But I remember what you and I
did - one more sin
committed -
away from prying eyes.
We hated, each the
other,
for more reasons that I can name,
but nonetheless you
and I
broke vows we had sworn for a taste
of sweet, stifled
cries.
We loved together, you and I,
one single night when
no one
thought to be with us here,
and spent the rest of our
days
in melancholy hatred. My dear,
in these forgotten halls
you and I
fight still. We are still here -
lost, in this
benighted atmosphere.
fin