James p. o. v.:

Severus Snape,

An easy boy to hate.

To loathe and revile against.

To bruise and try to break.

A wizard of darkness,

For what else could you be?

How else do you deceive,

Those hard to deceive?

Yet there is fragility within,

A contradiction of being.

An aura of kindness inside,

In a world of unmitigated brutality.

Tease and break him,

Hurt and hate him,

Despise and ruin him,

He heals and survives.