Another Sirius Black poem, about him in Grimmauld Place
A Cage
Stuck in a cage
Of memories
And reminders
Memories of a childhood
Wished forgotten
And reminders
Of a family
Dead
Some dead on earth
Some dead just to me
And me dead to them
And the haunting…
Tormenting…
Teasing…
Never ceases
Every relic
Every heirloom
Every portrait
And every single
Painful
Long
Hurtful
Glance at that family tree
Where I used to belong
And every screech
Of my mother's portrait
Calling me…
Disappointment
Disowned
Blood traitor
Undeserving son
Secures me tighter and tighter
In the cage
Of my past
In a cage
Worse than forever
In a cage
Of memories and reminders