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~ Blood Red Requiem ~

And all the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
And all of the tears
That a phoenix can shed,
Could not put Dumbledore
Back together again.

For what mortal force
Could halt the falling
Of that fateful scythe
Or hope to pry the soul
From the grasping, skeletal
Hand of Death himself?

For all that he tried,
Fawkes' efforts were in vain.
His fires would not be the flames
Of his beloved's rebirth.
His last song was
Not quite a lullaby,
Not quite a requiem,
More discordant than
The listeners could discern,
As the immortal bird
Shouted out his discontent
To the heavens.

~oOo~

A/N: Yes, part of the first verse is taken from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty".