Disclaimer: There aren't any names mentioned, but it was intended to be about Draco, who is all JK Rowling's.



A Slave of the Past

I am engulfed in the grime
Accumulating through centuries
opressed by ancestry
an age-old family tree
that entwines itself with the lives
of its slaves

Wash my hands,
Bathe my body
Scrub my soul
and yet I remain tarnished
by shadows and ghosts
of pride that is long gone

running from what will be mine
from what has been mine
for years forgotten
There is no escape
freedom withheld
shackles cutting through my wrists
through my heart
Resistance
to an intangible force
Impossible
as I blindly pull towards the light

And the fetters that restrain
only slash with greater determination
more persistance as I pull
no way out

I am a fly
in an ancient web
Elastic thread
I may thrash against it
strain every muscle
and yet it will not give way
It will remain whole
Unbreakable

Other prey will be caught
in this indestructable web
will they fight?
as I struggle to do
someday the web must be broken,
made fragile
disappear into dust and ash
weakened by those
who refuse to be tangled
One is not enough.



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