A Song for Snape: The Girl with Jewel-Like Eyes
It started on the playground
With spying every day
At the red-haired, green-eyed girl who came
To swing and jump and play
He gazed with greed and hunger
At that girl with jewels for eyes
And he waited for the day when he
Could take her by surprise
He tried to tell her who she was
Instead, he made her mad
And she left him standing all alone-
Resentful, feeling bad
But when he'd made up for his slip
She warmed and ceased to glare
And soon they were the best of friends
And he could always stare
But then school came and they were set
Upon two different roads
They met with different company
They followed different codes
And though he tried to keep it up
He couldn't help but see
The difference that set them apart,
Said they could never be
But only on that dreaded day
He knew that they were over
For him, she tried to make amends
And in return, he hurt her
He tried, oh yes, he really tried
To make her smile, look back
But she made it very clear-
They were on different tracks
He had no choice, so he moved on
His work was dark and sly
But always, he remembered
The girl with gem-like eyes
His Master was unmerciful
With those he wanted dead
And he found out that the next kill
Was to be his red-head
He turned to beg a wise old man
For rescue from her fate
Her husband and her son could die
But she had to be saved
But she perished with her spouse
Only their boy was left
And so he swore that with his life
He'd stop the baby's death
He managed to protect the boy
Through fake facades and lies
And as he died, what he last saw
Were those boy's jewel-like eyes
The Master was defeated
And nineteen years from then
The boy had his own family-
A wife and three children
And second of those children
The one that shared his name
Had hair just like his father
And his eyes too were the same
They were her eyes.
