Sonnet for R.

[elspethdixon]

It's been a while since I've been possessed by the iambic pentameter demon (you know, the one that makes everything you write come out in blank verse), but after looking at angsty post-OotP fanart and meta last night, I couldn't resist inflicting Shakespearean rhyme schemes on everyone.

I swear I love thee better after death
Than e'er I did when this black heart still beat,
When mortal cares attended every breath
And worries plagued my days, and dreams, my sleep.

In life I'd obligations to fulfil
To others than thyself, and they came first.
So, though I tried my best to treat thee well,
I was not by thy side as we both wished.

I broke so many vows, and slighted thee,
And, trying to be two things, failed at both.
But death has broke all other ties on me;
These shattered vows of love are all that's left.

Now that my soul from earthly bonds is free,
It has one thought, and that one thought is thee.