Author: Elizabeth Wilde (Livia Augusta)
Title: Hope
Distribution: Anyone who has my fic, anyone who asks for it, http://www.geocities.com/livia_augusta/myfic.html
Disclaimer: I don't own Gabby or Hope or Xena or the story. Don't sue!
Classification: angst
Rating: PG
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My child was my Hope;
She was my light.
She was the one
To make it all right.
I knew in my heart
That she was like me,
But how to make
My best friend see?
She knew in her heart
Of my daughter's intent,
That evil would follow
Wherever she went.
But I wouldn't listen,
And kept her alive.
I fled from my friend
So my Hope could survive.
I knew not then
That my friend was right.
I only knew
That escape was in sight.
I deserted my Hope
So that she might live,
For life was the only gift
I could find to give.
Now Hope has returned
And I finally see
The reasons she lives to destroy what I love
Are all because of me.