Severus Snape
Child of shadow;
Surrounding yourself with an
Opaque veil of darkness.
Your black curtains:
Your eyes that seek to hide
All vulnerability
And yet are what reveal it most.
The scars of the cruciatus which
Cross your chest.
The pain and sorrow which
Hide within your eyes of
A love lost.
All seek to hide yourself
Through portraying coldness and anger
That instills fear.
But you have failed Severus.
I can see you.
You can't hide from me.
You've never realized
How far 'know-it-all'extends.
In every harsh word I hear fear
And in every dark glance I see pain.
One day when I have left this place, I will return;
A girl shall leave to return a woman
And I will strip away
Your mask of tyranny
Which you have held for so long
And which has so fooled everyone.
Even yourself.
But not me.
I will smother all your pain
With a love you have never known
And can scarcely imagine.
That's a promise.
Have faith in this,
as you have never felt able to do so in anything else before.
'Til then…