For you have your mother's eyes, dear child And my heart sinks lower every time I look Because you are a reminder of what I've failed to do A reminder that I was a coward And when I gathered my courage it was too late Your mother died knowing I was only bad She died before ever hearing my goodbye She died before ever knowing what's in my heart And that night, she brought all goodness in me to die along And left my broken heart shattered to pieces, beyond repair
A free verse on what Snape might have felt everytime he looked at Harry.