Stars Above by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor

Summary: Severus Snape's guilty conscience is magnified with scrutiny, and every star stares at him and what he has done.

Categories: Poetry Characters: None
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Chapters: 1 Completed: Yes Word count: 150 Read: 1059 Published: 04/10/13 Updated: 04/10/13

Story Notes:

This was written for the Poetry Anyone Exchange for 1000timesingoldenink. I hope she liked it, and I hope you do, as well.

1. Chapter 1 by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor

Chapter 1 by ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor

Author's Notes:

Thanks go to Julia/the opaleye for looking this over and making some helpful suggestions.

The stars above litter the sky, millions of miles away yet looming large —
Infinite watchmen that follow me everywhere, inspecting every move I make;
They know what Iâ€™ve done.

The tedium of sunlight buries my shame, yet when the day is over,
Nightfall spreads its blanket of eyes that never blink,
And I remember everything.

I pull back the covers of the bed I made all those years ago,
And I think of her eyes: blinded by my treachery, unseeing.
I hope my own fall dark upon the close.

Yet now her eyes stalk me in my precious, peaceful daylight,
Burning bright underneath that familiar black hair I hate so much,
Surviving just to spite me.

But from my task, I dare not stray, for I will feel those eyes again.
Her eyes, their eyes, and all my celestial jailers remind me
Of what can never be forgotten.

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