Farewell to Severus Snape

It's been such a heavy week,first David Bowie,now Alan Rickman.

I find it so strange to feel remorse for someone's death,a person whom I have never met,but who has established such an eternal connection with people who have viewed him.I am at a loss of words to write something extremely poignant,a verbose piece on how Alan Rickman forever curved a niche in our hearts as the much hated and later loved Professor Severus Snape.

Alan Rickman's journey as Severus has been so realistic,that I can picture him standing infront of me,louring at me with his piercing black eyes,as I read his lines.Professort Snape has died thrice till today,first in the book 9 years ago,then in the movie and now,he is gone forever.

Remember when Sirius died,and Harry wondered whether he would appear in that two sided mirror again.I just wish our world had been same as the magical world where there would be a resurrection stone to bring back the dead,a mirror to make us see the the deepest desires in our deluded hearts,and someone like Severus Snape who had actually loved someone deeply,desperately forever,even after death.

Alan Rickman made us loathe Snape for serving Voldemort with utter blindness in his initial years but later turning onto the brighter side after losing the one person who he had loved.The transformation,the gray shades in his black draped character were so prominent,the scene where he grabbed Lily close to his heart,as if to make her listen to his pounding heartbeats,was so hauntingly beautiful that it makes me cry every damn time I watch it.I wait with my eyes wide open to see him say "Always" and waive his wand into the silver doe patronus,I want to feel the regret of misunderstanding him,when he holds Harry for the last time and asks him to look into his eyes.Harry must have felt guilt and a sense of honor at the same time,when he became the last person who Snape saw before he breathed his last.

I often used to wonder that somewhere down the road,Alan Rickman and Severus Snape would actually become the same.And they definitely became the same.Alan had been suffering from Cancer for a long time,but the world never had a hint about it.He had been so much dedicated to his character that he had never allowed himself to be viewed as a fallen legend.He was immensely strong,on and off screen.He made me realize that not every person is not fortunate enough to embrace the light,but love is enough to stop us from losing to the dark.Snape gave me an assurance that there are guardian angels in our world who thrive in the shadows,but hold up the lamp to give us the light,he made me believe that even the ice can fall in love with the fire,that that braver souls do not make a noise,they wait for death with their arms spread.

Sir you will be missed more than you can even imagine,today,I can put you in the same pedestal as the late Heath Ledger,you immortalized Severus Snape,and you will be loved for being who you were,for believing in Severus just as Dumbledore did.