THE   BOY   WHO  LIVED....

stars dwindled over the dark of night

silent footsteps towards a door with light 

a quite incantation to release the hold

into the house and out of the cold

no spells of protection could change fate

as a flash of green illuminated his face

horror slithered into the locked room

 a mother who will die soon

she gave her child a few last wishes

brushed his hair and gave him kisses

 she stood before the lord of snakes 

and looked toward's her baby's face

a tear in her eye as she smiled in her last breath

maybe knowing that for him it hadn't ended yet...