Summary: A hero looks back at those left behind.
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: Book 7 Disregarded, Character Death
Challenges: Series: None
Chapters: 1
Completed: Yes
Word count: 248
Read: 1457
Published: 08/29/07
Updated: 08/31/07
1. Through a Hero's Eyes by WhatsInAName
Through a Hero's Eyes by WhatsInAName
Author's Notes:
Disclaimer: Harry belongs to Jo, not me, even when he's dead.
This was written pre-Deathly Hallows, so obviously, Deathly Hallows is disregarded. Yes, Schmergo, this is another sad/depressing one, and I'm sorry. You'll have your happy piece soon.
The people stand gathered
Here because they feel they must be,
Ready long before the fire lights
To be done,
To get on with their lives.
But they linger
To touch the pyre with prying fingers,
To breathe the smoke-scented air with relish,
To feel they’ve paid
‘Respects'.
But as far as I can tell,
None of them care,
Not really,
Not truly.
Will anyone mourn me
When I’m gone?
A circle of those called my family
Watches with tear-filled eyes as the rising flames
Envelop the young, dark-haired body,
My shell for long years past.
And when the crowd is gone,
They watch the embers still,
Tears still falling,
Hearts still broken.
Perhaps they mourn,
But when day turns to night,
Night to day,
And day to night again,
The weight lifts.
They slowly forget.
I can only hope
Something of me
Remains in them.
But still I ask:
Will anyone remember me
When I’m gone?
An old woman,
Shriveled and bent with time,
Kneels on bare dirt,
Weeps silently,
Whispers softly,
A word.
A name.
My name.
She is still for a day,
Moves only when she is carried away
By ones who don’t understand,
Don’t remember,
But she returns,
That old, grey, pitiful creature,
In being like ashes to a flame.
Perhaps she remembers,
But even in that
I remain
Alone.
And I know for sure,
No matter how they try,
No one can join me
When I’m gone.
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