Looking into the eyes of my apparent master

I know he feels no shame,

As he launches Nagini towards me

Whose fangs plunge into my veins.

He leaves me here to die

And who shall cross my mind?

But the one I love, Lily.

Her name traces all thoughts I find.

Oh, how I have betrayed her,

And who should cross my path?

As life leaves my sight,

Her one and only son, the boy who had lived;

To his mother, anything I would give.

I know that he must die,

Just like Dumbledore said he did,

And when I look into his eyes

I see they are the same as my beloved

Before she had perished.

The tears have been shed and still there are some,

They have hidden away in fear of what I have done.

The Dark Lord believed I followed him

And long ago I did,

But I changed my ways.

A traitor I had become during these strives,

A good and bad man, I have lied

And it cost Lily her life.

So I do all I can.

I push these memories from my head and whisper to her son

Possibly the last words I shall ever speak.

"Take it."

These memories I shall never forget

Even after I'm dead and buried,

I have been scorned with these regrets,

Oh Lily, I could have been the one you married!

And I have received what I deserve

Since I heard news of your death,

Oh, he took away your son,

Tell me, has the Dark Lord won?

This is my entire fault,

Myself I shall never forgive.

My best friend and my love

Now I shall join you, up above.

Worthy of this death since life was taken from you,

And long before that.

I've done things that I should have not,

I think of the battles within my mind that I have fought,

I used to believe I was brave but I simply hid behind a facade.

Scared to show any emotions, who I truly am, I do not know.

Terrified of defeat, I followed Voldemort;

There is no longer fear in his name.

Not knowing that the only thing I cared about, you, I could have lost.

For you, this love still grows.

And now it is too late for you to be saved.

Oh, I have failed,

This perfidy runs through my mind,

So I look at your son one last time,

"You have your mother's eyes,"

I whisper in my last breath,

A tear is shed.

I hope for him to defeat the Dark one

And then life from my body has fled,

In fear of what I have become,

Thy will be done.