AT FIRST:

AT FIRST:

From the moment I first met you
I saw you as a friend.
You wanted to kill me
And yet you were no foe.
You saved my life
When you thought I'd destroyed yours
So I gave you a gift
My trust.

I wanted to kill you
I longed to kill you
You had destroyed my life
Destroyed what I was.
It took me five years
To pick up the pieces
Then you came along
And turned me upside down.
You saved my life, found me when I was lost,
And gave me your trust, in spite of my hate.

THE YEARS IN BETWEEN:

I saw you occasionally
The next ten years.
You came for training,
Every now and then,
But not too often;
You had your own life
Apart from your powers.
I was no part of it.

You weren't in my life, then
You were a Master, not a man
A hero to some, to others a foe,
To me, not much.
I came, at times
To discover what I could do
But I always left fast
I had a life to live.

GRADUALLY…

I was captured and hurt,
And all alone;
I needed help
For I could not help myself.
You came.
Then another time,
I was trapped, with no way out
And you came, took me up
And brought me out of the danger.
It seemed you were just in the right place
At the right time.

I didn't care that much for you
I thought.
Maybe somewhere in the back of my mind
I realized I liked you.
Respected you, sure
But I thought it went no deeper than that.
I thought we were just friends.

THE CLONING CHAMBER

Now I depend on you
And you on me
We exchanged words
A few days ago
And you told me my problems.
You told me I can't do everything alone
I must let others do some work
And this proves it.
You're guarding my back now,
And I'm watching yours
And if one of us fails
The other does too.

I can't believe
I spoke to you that way
You needed it
I'm sure
But I'm still amazed you took it so well
I wasn't too polite.
Now we are in battle
Sometimes it seems
We always are
And you're guarding my back
And I feel safe, trusting you.
You won't let me down.

THE JOINING OF MINDS

I fight
You fight
There is no world
But my opponent
My blade
And you.
I sense you better than I sense
Myself.
My body is distant, its pains unheard.
But I feel yours acutely.
I know your soul
I know your mind
I know you
And I love you.

I fight
You fight
There is no world
But my opponent
My blade
And you.
I will die for you
To stop this fight
It is the only way
I can see
But you see another
You stop me
You know my plan
You see what it requires
And you won't let me do it
I can sense you
Like I've never felt anything
Ever before.
Where your back touches mine
Where your thoughts cross my mind,
I am there
You are there
I am in you
And you in me
We are together

THE WEDDING

I asked you to marry me
To join with me
To be my wife
There in the flood.
I had no ring to offer you
No physical sign of my love
So I offered you my soul
And you accepted
And gave me yours.
Now we stand together
Before our family and friends
To exchange our vows
To cement our two lives
Into one.

When you asked me to marry you
I was surprised at first
Now I realize
I cannot live without you.
When our contact was cut off
For that brief little time
I was so scared
Never again!
Never again will we be separate
We are two halves of one whole
Two parts of one mind
We are together
Forever.

LIFE:

Now where there is one
There is the other
No husband and wife
Are closer than we are.
When one of us sorrows
The other weeps
When one is joyful
The other laughs.
We are bound together
Heart, mind, and soul
By the Force which
Embraces all life
Now and forever.
"Do you take this woman…?"
I do.
"Do you take this man…?"
I do.
We are joined in the Force
Joined in one love
And nothing can part us
For the rest of our lives.