A.N.1: A confession: I took the title of this poem, the idea in general actually, from an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spike says it to Buffy after she comes back from the dead for the second time. I was watching it and I suddenly got struck by how well it applied to John and Elizabeth (it was one of those *squeak!* Ahh! moments). I've been wanting to write something with it for a while, and I was in the right mood for it today, so I did.
So anyway, enough from me. It's from John's POV. Enjoy. :)
I Save You Every Night
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I don't know if you can hear me,
I don't know just where you are.
But there's so much that needs saying:
An 'I'm sorry' from afar.
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Things didn't go the way I planned,
Things hardly ever do.
Still never did I ever think
That I would end up losing you.
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I push on through - I've got no choice -
It keeps the pain at bay.
Yet when I close my eyes and go to sleep
Things turn out a different way.
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A hundred things done differently,
A thousand wrong turns changed.
Another minute, just one more…
Our places rearranged.
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I run a little faster,
When you're found it's not too late.
I grab your hand, we get away…
It's such a different fate.
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Then I wake up and you're gone
And I remember how it was.
So I live each day - like you would want,
And I hang on because…
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In my dreams I don't give up the fight.
In my dreams I save you every night.
A.N.2: Thanks for reading. Reviews are always much appreciated, so please take the time and let me know what you think! :)