Bomb // Sirius Black

Dance with Death

Sirius was dancing with death. 

Death came

in the form of a wicked girl

previously known as Anger. 

In the beginning

Sirius was consumed by her,

obsessed with her. 

She took over his mind

and lurked

waiting for his moments of weakness

when she would attack. 

Then Jessie came

and the dance was over

and Anger went away again. 

But Anger 

was a restless dancer.

she could never avoid the floor

of Sirius' mind

for very long. 

So she returned

when he was at his lowest point

hoping to dance. 

And dance they did. 

The three months of Sirius' storm

were the best three months of Anger's life. 

She consumed him again. 

controlled him. 

demanded him. 

And he was powerless to stop it. 

She turned his mind into a whirlwind

of twists and twirls and flips

trying to make him forget

about Jessie. 

Then Jessie was back

and Sirius kicked Anger

to the back of his mind 

again. 

Anger was furious. 

So she became Death. 

But this time, 

Death wanted a new partner. 

Jessie and Sirius were happy. 

Everything was okay again. 

But the two of them 

were tornadoes. 

They made messes

caused trouble

and had fun doing it. 

Death wanted to create a mess of her own

and create a mess she did. 

She waited a while;

four months. 

near the end 

of their sixth year. 

then she struck. 

and boy, did she strike with a force. 

Sirius thought that he knew the meaning 

of devastation

and panic

and true sadness. 

But it turns out he didn't. 

not until he saw Jessie

the girl he loved

laying lifeless

on the ground

underneath the Astronomy tower. 

Her brown hair

covered her face

as she sprawled on her side. 

James was the one to find her. 

His cries of distress 

drew a crowd around the girl. 

Hushed phrases of panic were spread.