Title: Flicker Spoilers: up to "The Gift" Summary: A series of poems from Dawn's POV when Giles is sent to a mental ward Disclaimer: Sigh. A/N: Sorry it took me a while to update

nothing I do or say can get her to really look at me

she sort of floats through life

like oil over water never mixing

her eyes are dull

she's too skinny

she doesn't want to live

why doesn't she want to live?

Giles looks like HE might die

he opens his mouth only to close it without any words coming out

the others Willow and Tara Xander and Anya and even Spike

they're all so tired

trying

so hard to take care of Giles and Buffy

one day

one day.

they'll trip

stumble

and they'll have to choose

which one they will help

they'll have to choose which one they will save