Finally the hills are without eyes
They are tired of painting a dead man's face red
With their own blood

They used to love having so much to lose
Blink your eyes just once and see everything in ruins

It all happened in a blur. One moment I was on the verge of confessing my feelings to the love of my life and then in an instant it's all over. She tells me that she has married another in secret. My shock freezes me for a moment and then completely over powers me when I learn whom she has married.

Did you ever hear what I told you
Did you ever read what I wrote you
Did you ever listen to the words we played
Did you ever let in what the world said
Did we get this far just to feel your hate
Did we play to become only pawns in the game
How blind can you be, don't you see
You chose the long road but we'll be waiting

I tried to tell her what he was really like and that he is not the man he seems to be; she ignored me. I wrote her letters begging her to listen; she cast them into the fire. The Daily Prophet contained news of suspicious, illegal activity linked to him and his friends everyday; she was convinced it was all gossip. I ask her if she intends to give up her life, friends, and students at Hogwarts just to dedicate herself to Tom's happiness; she does not deny it, only glares at me. I know the outcome all these events shall create and know she has taken the long road. I also know that even after all the pain she has inflicted unto me, I shall be there waiting for here in the end.

Jacob's ghost for the girl in white
Blindfold for the blind
Dead siblings walking the dying earth

Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
So toil now the funeral bells

I held back my disgust and bit my tongue as I watched how he slowly corrupted her. Telling her that I am merely jealous that she is now finally happy. The disgust quickly turned to even more pain as I realized that she actually believed him. He had managed to place a blindfold over the blind. Eternity is now torn apart. I am now only aware of my fragile, burning heart. You may as well start the funeral bells, for I know not how much longer I can withstand this agony and this heartache.

"I need to die to feel alive"

Kill me now for you'd actually be doing me a favor.

It's not the tree that forsakes the flower
But the flower that forsakes the tree
Someday I'll learn to love these scars
Still fresh from the red-hot blade of your words

I don't tell her all of this to hurt her. In fact, I tell her so that she is aware and will be spared from any unnecessary pain. She does not realize this though and hates me for it. I understand this and allow her to inflict her painful words onto me.

"Don't play me for a fool, Albus. I know the real reason you can't bear my marriage to Tom. It's because now I won't be at your beck and call. Hogwarts isn't my priority anymore and you can't stand the fact that my focus will no longer be on you."

I felt my wounded heart shatter into even more pieces. More pieces than time will ever be able to heal.

…How blind can you be, don't you see…
…That the gambler lost all he does not have…

Don't you see, Minerva? Tom Riddle is not the man he claims to be. Though he may truly care for you, he will always love power more, and he will never love you as much as I.

I gambled with my love and have lost something I never had and never will have.

Bye Bye Beautiful