Someone very dear to me died on Saturday. I find it hard to express what I'm feeling, and wrote a poem about it. I figured you could apply it to any number of things Harry Potter related. Probably Harry writing about Sirius.

This is dedicated to Tommy, who died, and to the rest of the Fab four, who I know miss him as much as I do.

To fly away

I ran all night

Looking back only to see reality

It caught up every time

No matter how fast I ran.

I don't understand

How fate can take

A life so young

With many promises before it

And I cursed it

I hated it

And I poured in all my anger

And screamed some more

I think I understand why now

Even though it angers me

I look forward and see nothing

And look back to see you

You have joined those you came before

In their retreat to the summer land

I have come to know why:

The good are always the first to go.

You don't have to review if you don't want to. I'm not really expecting it. 31 years old is too young to die. It just shows us that even the healthiest of us aren't immortal.