Patronus

 

 

We all learn it the hard way:

Through disappointment -

When others fail to appear

When all along,

We were never strong

To face alone our fear

 

We all wait like Harry -

James’ patronus will surely come

It will come rescue us at last,

But James will never come

His chapters were over

Long ago in the past

 

And only when

The Dementors take it all

Except the last gasp of breath

That we realise

We need our own patronus

To save us from our death

 

Heroes in our own book

We are not meant to watch –

To be spectators who can wait

We must star in the stage of life

Our own patronus alone

Crafting our strands of fate

 

This is the only company

We all have,

Singular journey of our own

All other masks

Distant stars

While we linger all alone…

 

7^TH October, 2025