Poetry: Mum and Dad

[stuttermoan]

Title: Mum and Dad
Pairings/Characters: Neville Longbottom, Frank and Alice Longbottom
Ratings: G
Author's Notes: My first sonnet. Thanks to pauraque for the prompt.

Of all monotonies, forgetting's best
The steady drift of never knowing why
The easy sleep of worry dispossessed
Offenses fade and sorrows ossify
But all that I remember has a weight
It hefts a meaning on my breathing meat
Some vows, hard-hewn, make me commiserate
And injuries make mercy double-sweet
My name's a word you never know to speak
You don't know who I am and who I'm not
I found myself and saw I wasn't weak
You lost yourself, last battle that you fought
You greet me, as a stranger, with a smile
I greet you, as a mirror, with a smile

Comments

[pauraque]

I'm glad you reposted this, because I wanted to rec it, but felt funny linking to a comment. (I've heard of commentfic, but never a commentsonnet!)

[stuttermoan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I figured it merited its own post. Thank you for the rec! I plan to do more HP sonnets, so hit me with more prompts if any come to mind.