I open at the close

Yes let death invite you in

Your fate is fixed

Your will resigned

Give up the fight

Leave life behind

Your friends will mourn your loss

Your enemies rejoice

But with your death

Your final breath

You'll win the fight

Put war to rest

So let the veil be yours

Pass through those pearly gates

Don't falter now

Don't hesitate

Or become The Boy

That Was Too Late

Think only of the songs

That will be sung of how

You saved the world

And all within

Your final gift

To adopted kin

Don't stop and wonder why

It was you that had to die

When all you've had

Throughout your life

Was sacrifice

And peril, strife

An unfair fate for sure

When you never asked for more

Than peace and calm

Normality

Childhood woes

Not brutality

And yet they let you stay

With relatives who liked

To beat you down

Knock you around

Ensure your feet

Never touched the ground

And even when you came

To Hogwarts School and fame

Your adoring fans

They taught you how

To give up hope

Take your last bow

They certainly did make

A rigid mould for you to take

In the form of gallant knight

A hero for their plight

Fodder for the canon

A gift for the god of night

It wasn't through a willing mind

But a firmer hand

That you learned to take the fall

And to understand

How survival isn't key

But self-sacrifice can be

If it means the rest go free

So now you know the truth

How is it that you will choose?

To save the world

To die a death

Or live your life

Without regret


Written for: the 'NEW Triwizard Tournament'. Prompt: poem

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.

CC cover image (entitled 'The Raven') courtesy of Doug Brown on Flickr.


A/N: I've never written any poetry before and I'm quite certain this absolutely sucks, but hey! First time for everything - let me know what you thought. Thanks for reading. GG x