I Am Shame by hestiajones

Summary: The war is over and people are rebuilding their life, happy and sad and grateful. But what about Draco?

Written for the End of an Era Challenge at PA (WON FIRST PLACE! YIPPIE!), and nominated for a QSQ for Best Poetry. :D Thanks!
Categories: Poetry Characters: None
Warnings: None
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Series: None
Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 184 Read: 2185 Published: 07/25/10 Updated: 07/30/10

1. I Am Shame by hestiajones

I Am Shame

A pulsating shard of glass
In my heart.
A fragility
Unearthed.
A mask
Blown asunder.

I am now naked.

I am now naked.
I am now branded.
I have in my head,
My flesh,
My bones -
These:
A woman hanging upside down,
A snake across a dining table,
A friend consumed by fire,
A monstrous face,
A broken father,
A weakened mother,
A haunted home.

Among other things.

Among other things
Black and cold,
Red and vivid,
White and excruciating,
Green and treacherous.

I am now cursed.

I am now cursed.
There is no salvation for me.
The truth is out there -
I was His servant.

There is no forgiveness for that.

There is no forgiveness for that.
You and he and she and I
Will always remember
I was His servant.
And that is why
When you can rejoice for a new world,
And he can be a hero,
And she can mourn the death of a son,
I -
I will lie among the debris of past glory
And weep for grave errors,
For
I am shame.

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