DISCLAIMER: I don't really mention any names in here, do I?:P Oh well, who this poem is about isn't mine anyway.
A/N: This is from Draco's POV. I might do a story to it, it depends...I'm not sure. What do you guys
think?
(Another AN at the end to explain the poem since I think it's sorta complicatedSorry)



Cards Delt


I'm lost now; this maze surrounds me, wholly,

I have crossed your path a thousand times,
And I admit I never thought of me like this, I surprised me fully,

Maybe it's only my own strange thoughts, it could just be in my mind,
But I think that this could be real,

Something tangible that you could feel,
The thoughts and feelings I have now, betray me to the core,

I am not safe in them; I am not me anymore.
Son of him, heir to that, such hopes they hold for me,

I wish I could claim right, to all that they would give, and all that I could be.
And even if I inherit, all they want me to,

I will not be myself, and thus not be true to you,
You, my other half, left forgotten in your place,

As I walk these old halls, a look all too un-human on my face.
I've lost what I once knew, and found instead a truth,

So dark and biting, yet I need no other proof,
That, I walk in his footsteps, as it has been done for years,

As it has been done before me,
I wipe away the emotion, and leave behind me; I hope only fear.

There is a world I know of, that I won't let them take away,
Though I walk my father's footsteps now, I hope that maybe, perhaps someday,

I could make my world a little bit more real,
But I know the only things remembered, are the things that people feel,

And the best feelings to lock away inside,
Are those of love, or hurt, not silly childish pride,

I shan't do love, for it's too hard and something I was never taught.
Instead remember me, as you see me now,

Dark, and reveling in the I jabs I deal, however brief,
I hide away my world, but do not ask me how.

I wonder...if my life is hidden. Can I never find my piece?
Remember me in fear,

No matter what you hear.
Remember me with hatred deep, and I shall stay alive,

For as I take my knife
Years and years from now, when finally action sprung from words,

As to the ground you're pinned,
Know that I would rather be hatefully remembered,

Then ever, truly forgotten.
Now go, leave me. And by God stay away,

For you wouldn't know me if you saw me,
And I want it just that way.



A/N: Ok, as promised: About the first half or so of this is from a younger Draco's POV, questioning
why he has to follow his father's footsteps and serve Lord Voldemort. In a way he's talking to himself
(Hence the "wouldn't be true to you" bit, it's the side of himself he shows everyone speaking to
the side he hides from everyone), wondering why he can't just have a simpler life?
The end of it, is a fight between(most likely) Draco and Harry, years after Draco becomes a Death
Eater, living out a fate he had hoped of escaping. He has Harry pinned to the ground, and more or less
lets him go, wanting to be left alone in his misery, alone, save for the other side of himself.
See? WAY complicated lol. That's why I was thinking of doing it in story form, cause I could explain
it more easily. But, I'm also working on "The Stone Lake" which is a Draco/Hermione fiction AND I'm doing
another one with Remus and Sirius...so...we'll see.
PLEASE review? Please???