In the darkened shadow, on the pathway small and narrow,
I wait to see the child, the child I promised to defend.
All alone, I start fearing, I wonder when he’ll be appearing,
I promised them his safety, a lie I now cannot amend.
I made choices, the wrong choices, I wish I could amend,
Forever gone, my friend.
I hear something clicking, a boy and trunk he’s kicking,
And for a moment, just a moment, I feel time itself suspend.
The teenager beside me, fits a memory inside me,
Of a man I knew, a great man, I could always depend.
A boy, from our first meeting, I knew I could depend,
James, my friend.
I step forward in a greeting, quicker my heart is beating.
So glad that he has come back, that his death was just pretend.
The moon, it now is shining, off a cloud with silver lining,
Now with my best friend is back, all my sorrow it can end.
Now this era of my life, all its problems start to end,
With help from my friend.
But why is my heart breaking? Why do I feel I’m shaking?
The truth, I struggle blindly, has started to descend.
This boy, is not James Potter, the funny, little rotter.
Whose death I’ve needed twelve years to start to comprehend.
In Azkaban I tried, but I still can’t comprehend,
Life, without my friend.
Slowly I move nearer, to see the boy slightly clearer,
Moving from the shadows, the shadows in which I neatly blend.
My thoughts have now connected, who I originally expected,
The boy whom I was waiting for, at the dark street end.
My godson, who I tried to collect before the end.
The son of my friend.
I should not be surprised, though he has his mother’s eyes,
He looks just like his father, who with time I’d always spend.
I see I was mistaken, how my dream was just forsaken,
But maybe, just maybe, this boy’s life I could mend,
Harry life, a chance, I could start to mend,
To help out my friend.
But my goal, I have not finished, as my life it has diminished,
My life has just one purpose, I can not yet extend.
I need to find the traitor, to act as the vindicator
I’ll make sure I find him, all my time I’ll have to lend
I’ll look for the man, no time to Harry I can lend,
Find my traitor friend.
Wish I had a more time, to see the godson that is mine,
The only person in my life I still wish to attend.
Yet, he thinks that I am evil, only lies he comprehends.
The way we were betrayed, he does not comprehend
Truth died with my friend.
I’ll slip away to find the reason, reason of a old friends treason,
For his betrayal, his great betrayal of James my closest friend.
Now I can’t be with Harry, like I wish I could intend.
I need to avenge two lives taken, before I live like I intend.
Avenge James, my friend.
James, My Friend by helz_belz
Chapter Notes: I do not own Sirius Black, James Potter or Harry Potter. That belongs to JKR
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