how little they knew
how much they would learn
when the apple of their eyes
would surprisingly turn
into someone they feared
into someone they hated
and only to know
that they had helped and created
the boy that became
such a menace to them
but now they realized
what had seemed like a gem
could not truly last
through a diary of old
left in a follower's care
that could not really hold
through a generation of fear
through a time of despair
and let a poor little girl
find the book unaware