Reflection on Buffy after Into the Woods. Riley's POV.

I took for granted that you would be there for me
I mistook your compassion for love
and now that I can really see
I know the red of emotion was just stains of blood.

I wondered if it was in your arms I died
or if it was when the dark became the master of the sky
it seemed strange that you never came to me when you cried
and how when you spoke it was just lies.

I provided the emotion, and you returned with lust
you never did belong to me during the night
as we laid our bodies to rest in the dust
all your passion was to the fight.

I pray that you can forgive me one last time
for leaving you without a last embrace
together we suffocated and we need to unwind
then again, you never forgave me for showing my face.