TITLE: I Could not Love You
AUTHOR: Drusilla
RATING: PG
PAIRING: Spike/Drusilla
SPOILERS: None.
SUMMARY: Why Drusilla can never love Spike.
DISCLAIMER: The characters aren't mine. They belong to Joss Whedon.
DISTRIBUTION: If you actually want it, feel free to take it. Just let me know.
FEEDBACK: I live off it. You wouldn't want a poor artist to starve, would you?
I Could Not Love You
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You were the best of lovers
Your gentle touch made my heart shiver
Skip a beat
But then I remember
That my heart does not beat
And the moment slips
Lost into Darkness' mist
You adorned me with diamonds
Plucked from the throats
Of royal corpses
And scarlet gowns
of blood-red satin
You showered me with your loving care
But I could not love you.
And what is existence without love?
Nothing but a shell
And that is what I am, my pet
You gave me your whole heart in one day
But it was too easy
There was no mysterious, dashing glance
From some beautiful stranger.
There was you.
I left you, but
Sometimes my heart aches
For your embrace
And so I return for one night
Ready to hold you again
Did you ever learn?
You saw in me
Your desires, your dreams.
Yet they were never present.
It was foolery, you see?
The whore's charm, and nothing more.
You were fooled, dearest
And I'm sorry I could not save you
As you did for me.
Or perhaps it was I who was fooled.
I broke your heat
Only because I could
But I could not love you.