| Lupin The most worthy of us must suffer the most So some unwritten laws foretell For an innocent child named Remus would learn The truth of that maxim well It changes your life, the werewolf bite Altering dreams too soon It makes you afraid of what you’ll become In the light of the cruel moon But when what you are is exceptionally good At the times when you need not hide You earn special friends who would sacrifice all To spend your dark days at your side And a mentor who gives safe shelter to you And gives you the chance to teach How well he knew, as his students now do How far your great mind would reach You touched all their lives; you taught them so much How sad that you had to go Come back to them soon between the full moon Give them more of what they need to know Despite your cruel fate you are what you’ve been From birth, great wizard, great man You have made a difference; there will never be Anyone quite like you again Come back to us Remus Lupin |
| Sirius What happened to the years, he asked The ones I lost for us? If I could only give them back again I put aside some memories They haunt my conscience so They fill my sinking soul with too much pain I still recall the way they laughed The joys of youthful days The bonds of friendship none but fools could break Then I had trusted someone I’d asked them both to trust There is no way to measure this mistake I thought I was so clever then The strategy seemed right But looking back, alas, how clear hindsight Imprisoned for another’s crime And starved for life and love Now free in all but name, I’ll make it right The past is gone but presently The son they left behind Embodies them, inside of him they live Replacing some of what he’s lost And much of all I owe I pledge my life and all that I can give |
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