Redemption Lost, Redemption Won
Summary: A poem expanding several chapters (books) - Dramione / Draco-centric. Inspired by Milton's epic Paradise Lost. What if he was like Lucifer, the fallen angel, his pride and loyalty was his grave sin but what if, unlike the fallen cherub, he could be saved? -no worries, this is much, much shorter than Milton.
"A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward." - George R.R. Martin
"In the end, it is our defiance that redeems us. If wolves had a religion – if there was a religion of the wolf – that it is what it would tell us." - Mark Rowlands
Redemption Lost
Book I, Part II
I. surrender
in the months that followed
the young serpent only obeyed
didn't dare to speak a word
because in his words
would be a death sentence
and this was his surrender
II. dream
however, he still dreamed of her
his lioness
his heart convulsed with worry
as these dreams were macabre.
Nothing but howls of agony
and maniacal laughter
and carved in blood
a racial slur in which he has come to loathe
III. fallen
his family is losing the Dark Lord's favor,
oh how bitter the taste of reality is.
they are bleeding
they are convulsing
they are the hidden whispers
they are fallen.
IV. rip
his beloved, his unrequited has been captured
and as he watches his nightmares unfold
he only wishes to rip out his heart
he would give anything
to feel nothing.
V. lost
in this, as he cries himself to sleep,
terror seizes his heart
he is truly a monster
and redemption is lost.