A/N: I don't own Harry Potter

This is for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Word Count: 404

The Only One

There can be only one.

Only one who holds the other half of my soul.

Only one who knows everything about me,

even the things I hide from myself.

There's only one person with whom I can be myself.

Only one who knows my truth, knows my soul,

knows the thoughts I show, the man I pretend to be

is nothing more than a facade.

I have to be him. I have to have them think

I hate them. If He knew the truth, he would kill me

without a moment of hesitation.

I can see her eyes in his. I can see his father in him.

I can pretend I hate those aspects of him, pretend

to be a bitter old man. I am neither bitter nor old,

as she has reminded me so oft.

There is only one who holds my heart in her hands.

She's learned all my secrets.

She knows the truth of my allegence.

She's the one who pieced things together

in such a brilliant way.

There will never be, never was

a witch that matches her brilliance,

her passion.

Counting down the days as they tick past.

There is sun

rain

freezing snow

times where I know she is safe

times where I can only hope and pray to anyone listening.

The only one who believes me.

The only one who knows the whole truth.

She's running, running, caught and nearly killed,

but never betrays my trust, never lets it slip.

She is my better half, the part of my I once thought was dead.

She is light while I am darkness.

She is hope where I am despair, having lived in the past for so long.

There is only one as we meet on the battle field.

There is only one as I face my master, face the man

to whom I've been lying for so long.

There is only one way for this to end.

I know she will be broken. Her tear stained face

haunts my thoughts as I walk towards that bright light,

only for the light to fade into a white ceiling, candles flickering

and her staring into my eyes berating me

for being an idiot.

Her arms around me, holding me tightly

reminding me, there is no escaping her brilliance

Reminding me that there is only one person

with whom I shall ever be complete.

Only one.

Only Her.