A/N: Because right about now, for me, Rose Weasley is going through a very harsh time, and for:

Scrabble challenge by xPerfectlImperfect, prompt: imagination

The A-Maze-Ing Race Challenge by reminiscent-afterthought, prompt: badge

This freeverse is dedicated to my dear friend Nik, who ships Rose/Scor as much as I do and whose BIRTHDAY it is today (22nd September). I love you, Nik, and I so hope you like this!

Reflections of a Broken Soul

Some days

I want to make myself |invisible|

or better yet, non-existent

I want to b.l.e.n.d into the creamy walls

and leave my location a mystery to the imagination of the seeker

Some days

I want to be able

to wear a m.a.s.k of peace and happiness

despite the Dark Turmoil that brews within me

Like amortenia, only darker

Like felix felicitis, only with misfortune

and like the draught of living death

Minus the |Living|

Some days

I scream and scream and scream

as the nightmares continue their

Scary, Slimy Grip on me while

I fight violently on their

Battlefield of Death.

Some days

I'm desperate to not let my

GoldandMaroon badge

intimidate me, overpower me

for while I'm |brave| when lucid

I'm plain |reckless| when I'm not.

And some days

I find myself wishing

(like the weak, pathetic sapling that I am)

For the Love of my Life to

barge into my life

Sweep me in his arms

and stay that way

Not forever,

But for enough.

And maybe that will be the day

That I'll finally muster the

Immense Courage I'm yet to

To speak those three (magic) words…

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