A/N: Written for the
Becoming the Tamer King Challenge, Data Forest task
Diversity Writing Challenge, c3 - poetry collection with a central theme
The Chess pieces challenge, Rook/Castle: Write about Hogwarts. Or write about a person who thinks in straight lines and not laterally
Of a Chessboard
2: rook (Hermione Granger)
It becomes more a strength as time goes on,
as the knowledge that's piled into their heads slips out
of smaller dams. Not hers though. It was big and she's built it
even bigger. All those weeds and grass and flowers others pull
and prune, she keeps, and they blossom in the forest
in her mind
And yet the dam's a wall: it keeps things out as well.
It becomes more a weakness as time goes on,
when answers can't be found in books or in another's
words, because she can't think outside the box
when her mind's a shut-tight box.