The Demon Throughout
Summary- Spike after buffy breaks up with him in season 6
"I don't love you."
"I'm using you."
My ears grow deaf
at the sound of her voice.
She uses my name
or the name I onced called mine.
She's not really taking to me
but through me.
Her words probe
for the man I used to be.
She hopes he's hidden here
under the guise of a monster.
But under flesh pulled taut
from anger
the man within
is swallowed
smothered
by the demon throughout.