If Only Tears Could Bring You Back
Mood:  hungry
Topic: Poetry, Songs, & Fanfic
I thought that this song, by the Midnight Sons, is the perfect expression of the emotions of Harry, and the rest of Sirius' fans after he fell beyond the veil:

"How will I start
Tomorrow without you here
Who's heart will guide me
When all the answers disappear

Is it too late
Are you too far gone to stay
This one's forever
Should never have to go away

What will I do
You know I'm only half without you
How will I make it through

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

I'd cry you an ocean
If you'd sail on home again
Wings of emotion
Will carry you, I know they can

Just light will guide you
And your heart will chart the course
Soon you'll be drifting
Into the arms of your true north

Look in my eyes
And you will see a million tears have gone by
And still they're not dry

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me

I hold you close
And shout the words I only whispered before
For one more chance, for one last dance
There's nothing that I would not give and more

If only tears could bring you back to me
If only love could find a way
What I would do, what I would give
If you returned to me someday
Somehow, someway
If my tears could bring you back to me"

Some More Poems/Songs
Mood:  blue
Topic: Poetry, Songs, & Fanfic
This is a song called "Take My Pain," written by T. Saukkonen. I applied it to Harry's feelings after Sirius fell behind the veil.

"Paralysed, I cannot breath
tearstained, unable to inhale
kneeled down, face on the ground
screaming aloud but cannot hear the sound
I would have given my life
why can't I give away my pain
For my mind of child unbearable inside
inner demons feeded by my mind
four walls still closing in
why I still feel when I'm dead within
I would have given my life
why can't I give away my pain
...take my pain...too much for me to take..."

This song is called "Undone," and is also written by T. Saukkonen. It goes with Harry's feeling towards Bellatrix Lestrange for killing Sirius.

"Deep within
on my skin
bitterness feeds my grief
I fall inside
and close my eyes
Can't push my heart aside
In my space we watch the sleeping sun
In my dreams
all evil things undone...against you
Crawling still
with broken will
why can't I be forgiven
I fall inside
and close my eyes
Can't push my heart aside"

Nothing Gold Can Stay
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Poetry, Songs, & Fanfic
This poem is by Robert Frost, called Nothing Gold Can Stay. It seemed to me that it could be applied to Sirius' short time being there for Harry.

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Remember Me
Mood:  blue
Topic: Poetry, Songs, & Fanfic
I thought that this poem would apply to Sirius, after falling beyond the veil in book #5.

Find myself all alone
In darkness without you
Now I can't turn away
From what I must do
You know I'd give my life for you
More than words can say
I've shown you how to love someone
I know you'll find a way
Say goodbye
Close your eyes
Remember me
Walk away
The sun remains
Remember me
I'll live on somewhere in your heart
You must believe
Remember me...

--"Remember Me" by Journey

Something to think about...
Mood:  hug me
Topic: Poetry, Songs, & Fanfic
~A Tribute to the Loving, Loyal, and Slightly Dark Characters of Every Touching Tale~
--From me and the character that he's there for.
*Especially in Honor of Sirius Black*

I can see the pain that he is hiding. It's in the way the the light dances in his eyes. I can see the invisible tears that he is shedding. It's just something about that glow in his cheeks. He's quick to bring comfort to others; he saves none for himself. I know what he keeps bottled up inside. I've seen it shine through his simple smile. And I ask why? I have gone through so much it seems, and he's never ceased to be there for me. It's in the way that he talks, in the way that he moves, and the way that he knows so much. I see it, but I don't understand it. How can he live life with so much despair and let none seep through? How does he stand strong for others, for me, when the weight of his own troubles should have already broken him? Yes, I can see it. I only wonder-- does he?