Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter characters, thought don't we all wish we did

Summary: A poem inspired by Remus Lupin PG because I felt like it



The Werewolf

The sun sets slowly over the peaks of a mountain

A waterfall is silenced to the drip of a fountain

Darkness consumes everything in sight

The day has given way to another night

When all seems quiet, the sun's setting diminished

A thought whispers that nights not nearly finished

A small hint of light peeks over the hill

Then suddenly the flood of a full moon begins to spill

Diurnal life is hidden away

Yet nocturnal creatures come out to play

Though human at first, a transformation begins

From hands to paws, to fur from skins

A demon of myths, a bringer of childhood tears

The werewolf creeps in to replenish your fears

Through the soul of a man comes a beast of great might

When all are asleep, he alone walks the night

To live in the shadows, to creep down the street

A conscience, a soul, and a mind that's complete

Somewhere under the monster, these things are all hidden

For a werewolf to feel, it is strictly forbidden

Instead he lives on, broken, to cower

Drowned by a force that's out of his power

The kill is not the fault of the man, but the beast

On this tortured soul, the creature can feast

Soon dawn rears its head to frighten the creature

The wolf is lost to a humanly feature

A man awakes from a night of great pain

With visions that make his mind feel insane

The town hunts a wolf, silver bullets in hand

A search, quite simple, is all they had planned

Morning, afternoon, and dusk fly by

The night sets in as the sun says goodbye

"The search was unsuccessful," one man pointed out

"Maybe the wolf is gone," anther dared to shout

In the head of a man, the secret was thought

Why the wolf was not found, since only beasts were sought

As the moon appeared, he hurried home fast

His human form was not sure to last

He found a cage, and locked himself up tight

Making sure he could not ever roam again in the night.

Each full moon night in that cage he would spend

A tortured soul without a friend

He continued to live his life as a lie

A werewolf, a man to frightened to cry