The
Beast Within
By MidnightWhisper7
Disclaimer: The character Remus Lupin and Harry Potter belong to the wonderful JK Rowling. I'm just molding her characters for my own use!
The sun fades into crimson twilight,
Fires burning beneath
dull violet clouds
Soon she will wake,
Stretching her misty
veils across the sky
I watch with the others around
me,
Transfixed by her dangerous beauty
The alluring scent of
the wild,
untamed beast
The last drop of gold fades into
darkness
As she descends to her star-lit throne in the sky,
Where
she sits, a silent watcher,
Crowned with diamond and black
velvet
I fear to meet her gaze,
Yet I cannot look away
Her
silver face is whole, complete,
Her radiant eyes pierce my soul
I
feel the beast within me,
Yearning to break free of human
restraints,
Run wild and free through the untamed forests,
To
seek warm, soft flesh
And pay homage to the Night Goddess
In a
single eerie cry
My body transforms,
Till I resemble man no
more
My hands, inch-long claws,
No longer my own
But
the wild urge within me,
Is suppressed by my own
Reasoning and
logical mind
I will not give in to the darkness
Unbidden, a
face enters my thoughts
Not that of the silvery watcher above,
but
Another, pale and heart-shaped
Dark eyes sorrowful and
yearning
These thoughts help me cling
To sanity, as those
around me
Howl and whine and fight
Then run off in search of
blood
I remain a tamed wolf, of a kind;
Greyback is
generous with his gifts,
But I have overcome the beast within,
By
the powerful human emotion
Called Love.