Scorched Snake
A poem that explores the questions Severus has about his almost- relationship with Lily
by Galatyn Renner
Was I never good enough for you, Lily?
Did it have to be a Gryffindor?
Was it the Quidditch that finally made you decide
Or was it something more?
Did you see in my eyes that night
What I would become
Or did you just know, like you always knew
That James was the better one?
I don't hate Harry for your sake:
There's still no one I love more,
But he looks just like his father
And James I still abhor.
Lily, I revere your memory,
Lily, I love you still,
But did you have to go and marry James
And leave me Harry in your will?
Lily, I feel the need to tell you:
I wish you were beside me when I wake
But you left me my mind when you took my heart,
So you have only scorched this snake.
For J. M.
Author's Note: JKR: hers, not mine. "We have scorched the snake, not killed it." is the line from Macbeth that inspired this poem. Read your Shakespeare, folks. A powerful ally it is. And if the book is big enough, you can throw it at people and really do some damage.
A poem that explores the questions Severus has about his almost- relationship with Lily
by Galatyn Renner
Was I never good enough for you, Lily?
Did it have to be a Gryffindor?
Was it the Quidditch that finally made you decide
Or was it something more?
Did you see in my eyes that night
What I would become
Or did you just know, like you always knew
That James was the better one?
I don't hate Harry for your sake:
There's still no one I love more,
But he looks just like his father
And James I still abhor.
Lily, I revere your memory,
Lily, I love you still,
But did you have to go and marry James
And leave me Harry in your will?
Lily, I feel the need to tell you:
I wish you were beside me when I wake
But you left me my mind when you took my heart,
So you have only scorched this snake.
For J. M.
Author's Note: JKR: hers, not mine. "We have scorched the snake, not killed it." is the line from Macbeth that inspired this poem. Read your Shakespeare, folks. A powerful ally it is. And if the book is big enough, you can throw it at people and really do some damage.
