[ariana dumbledore]
a girl made of nothing
nothing they can see, of course
with sweet demure eyes
far too wide for this world
/
always in the shadows
tucked away, shameful thing
"do not let them see you
for the neighbors will talk"
/
[you pretend not to hear
the things they say
your smile is innocent
but far too strained]
/
what has your life become?
face pressed against the window
reaching out to touch the sky
but it's futile,
all of it.
/
your own mother is ashamed
your brothers do not care
both brilliant, talented, magical
everything you are not
/
and so that smile withers
for it cannot thrive without light
lips pressed into a line
tears no longer stifled
/
you do not care who sees
let them say what they will
for one day you will fade away
and no one will remember
/
[not everyone's life has meaning
some people come and go
and as it's as though
they were never
there]
