Bittersweet Love: Bittersweet Love
by Gatekeeper
This is a 4-part poem. Each part is written from a different person's perspective. The first part is from Xander's pov. Enjoy! Please send any and all comments to shnasaif1@webtv.net. Remember, I crave feedback!
Disclaimer: The Characters from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the property of Joss Whedon, Warner Bros, etc. No infringment is intended.



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Part One

I will prove my love to you.
You know how I feel,
for I've already told you.
When I said, "I'll wait," I wasn't giving you a choice. I was telling
you what I'll do, and professing my undying love towards you.
You play with him
more than you do with me. But sooner or later, you will see.
You treat him the same way you treat me.
I've seen the looks, you give to me,
when we stand alone, face to face, in a rare emotional embrace.
But you back down with him and me
You're coming to the realization, I believe.


* * *
Part Two (from Willow's perspective)
Go for him, don't mind me.
After all, I can't help it if he loves you and not me.
Yes I love him, you know that.
But, I will survive,
I will find someone else to idolize.
He deserves you, after all he's done.
But this game you play with Angel, is all in fun.
Can't you see, when you talk about him with me,
You tear his heart...
apart, in two.
But, then you give him reasons anew,
Not to get over you.
So go on, go ahead
After all, Angel's dead.


* * *
Part Three (From Buffy's perspective.)
What do I want,
What do I see?
I love two men,
How can this be?
I've fallen for Angel,
from the sky,
so hard, that I want to die.
But we both know this can never be,
that we can never let that happen to me.
When we look into each other's eyes we see,
what can never, ever be.
Your warm embrace,
the touch of your hand on my face
sends chills of warmth and terror down my spine.
How can this be sublime?

Xander, Xander,
I love you too.
But, I am afraid to tell you.
I don't want to hurt Angel.
I don't want to hurt you.
I don't want to hurt Willow.
Willow holds you in her most treasured place.
As long as she holds your face,
in such a high place,
I will never say how I feel.
I'm so confused
What am I to do?
I only wish, I really knew.


* * *
Part Four (From Angel's perspective.)
When I look into your eyes,
I see the love and fear you feel inside.
You told me you want to die,
but that can never be,
For you are the Slayer,
and must protect the world from me.
What you think you want,
cannot come to pass.
We have so much in common,
fighting for the same side.
But, we will be seperated forever
by time and eternity.
If I never saw you,
it would've torn me apart.
But when I look upon you,
it surely breaks my heart.
When, I look into your eyes,
I feel like I want to cry.
For the same thing
That blessed our meeting
Keeps us apart.


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