When you spend your days and nights
Just prowling through the halls,
It surely cannot be long before
You're crawling up the walls.
No wonder Snape is feeling snappy
And docking points in class,
When he can't even teach the thing he wants
And the kids rebel en masse!
.
When the one you loved is dead and
She married someone other,
It is really quite impressive if
Your anguish you can smother!
Don't mock him if he wears a frown
For it could be quite worse;
At least he isn't wailing if
His words are getting terse.
.
Some people criticise him
For the way he seems so stern,
But what they do not realise
Is what from him they learn.
How to hold composure steady
And forbid feelings to show,
Even when you might feel ready
For what's held inside to blow!
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It is easy indeed to mock this man
With his hair greasy and limp,
But rest assured that underneath
He is certainly no wimp.
He may be the strongest wizard
To ever walk these corridors,
For remaining true to a cause
And ignoring all those sores,
.
For teaching a boy with eyes that seem
So very like his mother's,
For keeping that outward facade
No matter how he suffers,
And for putting aside all his wants
For knowledge of Dark Arts
In order to make sure he keeps
Alive those purest hearts.
.
These things take strength and courage too,
And he had these in spades.
All of this he demonstrates
While just handing out grades!
Can you imagine all of this
Resting on your shoulders,
When you have to deal with kids
Like those twelve-year-olders?
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You may have heard it said before
And there is no doubt it's true:
Teachers are the real heroes
No matter what they do.
Snape is no exception here
And in fact proves the rule –
There are only superheroes here
Teaching at Hogwarts School!
A/N: Had to insert the dots because I'm fed up of trying to make line breaks work they way I want them, since the uploader always destroys my formatting.