Dog's Best Friend

I solemnly swear I was always up to no good

No good that lasted, anyhow

I wasn't a pedigreed dog, but I still had

My friends as masters and companions

Gave me treats of loyalty and laughter

Petted me with approval of idiot schemes

That would forever etch in my memory as comfort

They say friends are family chosen by one-self

If that is true, Prongs was my true brother

Moony was more of a father I wish I had

I can't bear to think of what Wormtail was

Prongs stuck to me like a tongue to a glacier

Until mortality, injustice

Allowed him to slip through

And take my pride along with it

I went cold

Loneliness overtook me

Prongs had left me

Leaving only one small person

With bravery and rebellion

Just like the dog's best friend himself

I saw the small boy grow over the years

I saw him believe

I saw him laugh like his father

I saw his soul reflect the one in heaven

The first time in years

I began to love

Love my new son

Brother

More friend than anything

I had a motive now

To truly live

Live without loneliness

But mortality and injustice still lingered

I still saw what had killed dog's best friend lurking free

I would not let them capture what I had left

I truly tried to do what I could

But in the end it was I who betrayed

Like a pack of meat, I lured him involuntarily

We should've gotten out of it

Enjoyed our lives eventually

I'm just glad there's a good chance of his life being sweet

The dog went to his best friend

Sad to be defeated by the same raw hatred

Sad to be of no use anymore to protect his one and only godson

When I reached the valley of beyond

They gave me a choice to go on to the new life

Or to linger on, a mere spirit

But alongside my godson

The choice was mine

One I was reluctant to take forth

But I knew lingering on wasn't what was meant to be

I might as well hold on to what has thoroughly kept with me

Pride

I also knew dog's best friend was waiting

Waiting with his angel Lily

I wish only for my godson to continue happiness

For he shall have to carry on with his burden

I have faith he will understand

He will live a long and prosperous life

For that is all that can be left

It was unfortunate for me to have missed it

But no matter what anyone says,

My work was finished

My best friend

The noblest stag I have ever seen

Is waiting for me

As we will both wait for Moony together

As well as our mutual son

And as I leave the world

I have found my regrets have gone too

I lived life pretty well

I laughed when I could

I fought when I needed to

I loved the family chosen by me

And I still do

I will watch them, as Prongs must've done for ages

Now to go to dog's best friend

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"The eagles fly without you

The earth turns

The sun burns

But I die without you"

R.I.P. Sirius Black