Tale's End


Softly spinning a tale; through time

a story is cloaked in hidden truths.

Living in longing; this man denies himself

an easy path of selfish pleasure.

Gorgeous green eyes close; another life is

lost through mistakes made by choice.

Resentment, remorse felt by a fool

who held a mask, rather than a sword.

He dreams of rebirth; of a day never

to reach history. Of a fantasy.

To hold and see straight black hair

and green eyes on a face with no scar.


This is a poem describing the pain that Severus feels whenever he remembers the mistakes he's made. He wishes that Lily had never died; he wished she had loved him instead. He wished he had had a son with her, a son who would never see and experience the horrors and pain that Harry has. So to make amends; he spins his tale and denies himself of any happiness.