A/N: This is for dancing with tragedies' Freeverse Collection challenge in the Harry Potter Fanfiction Challenges forum. This first poem is Harry/Ginny using prompts 1 & 3. (Disclaimer: I own none of this except my phrasing)

puppet

their hearts clung to each other but he was

d a n c i n g

on one thousand strings

long-distance diamonds

breaking on contact

.

she realized if you're a puppet

you don't die

can you animate an

i n a n i m a t e

object, bring him to life with

one thousand kisses

.

their hearts clung to each other but he was

always the hero, always the scapegoat

he was a marionette

d a n c i n g

on one thousand strings