Loving mother,
Caring friend,
Helpful colleague,
Guilt free,
Standing there,
Outside the door,
Impatient for,
Her friend.
Hermione Weasley,
Clever wife,
Busy healer,
Competent mother,
Thoughtful witch,
Walking to work,
To spend her day,
Calming mothers,
Bringing joy.
Ginny Potter,
Stomach bulging,
Mercury rising,
Waiting,
Expecting,
Pain rippling,
Calling help,
Taking floo,
Staggering out,
At St. Mungo’s.
Susan Bones,
Hears a scream,
Goes to help,
But friend arrives,
Tugs her away.
Not her business.
Not her trouble.
Not her pain.
Heavy heart.
Hermione Weasley,
Torn away,
Desperate,
Struggling,
No hope,
No use,
Snuffed out,
Like a candle,
In the wind.
Ginny Potter,
In bed,
Pain, panic,
No healer,
Joy fading,
Mercury rocketing,
Face flushing,
Thumping stomach,
Slower, slower,
Gone.
Harry Potter,
Ron Weasley,
Ginny Potter,
Lost two more,
Not for freedom,
Not for love,
But for nothing,
For no-one,
For apathy.
Susan Bones,
Flash back,
Hears a scream,
Goes to help,
Brings her friend,
Wands out,
Finds evil,
Brings good,
Brave heart.
Hermione Weasley,
Flash back,
Torn away,
Desperate,
Help arrives,
Evil banished,
Unhurt,
Ready for anything,
On to work.
Ginny Potter,
Flash back,
In bed,
Pain, panic,
Healer found,
Pills, potions,
Mercury drops,
Pushing, pushing,
Long hours,
Healthy joy.
In reality,
No child,
No wife,
No friend.
Susan Bones,
Guilty, guilty,
Pushing down,
Stifling,
Killed a child,
Killed a mother,
Nothing to do,
No-one to help,
One more lost to apathy.