characters property of JK Rowling. a tribute to Switchknife's fic of the same name.

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A Journey in Ten Lies
by bow.

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The man I loved in youth, I loved too well
For twice I lost him, sure my heart would fail
The first time, barred inside a prison cell
The second time, beyond a whispering veil.
Because my heart still beat, though it was numb
I grew to love a man who smiled the same
He did not know that when he made me come
With eyes closed, I bit back another's name.
Such things he gave to me while he drew breath
He sacrificed his comforts for my own
Then, like my first love, died a hero's death
To leave me, as I ever was, alone.
And so I mourn today, but not for Bill:
Though new wounds bleed, the first cut's deeper still.

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