The Letter
by Summer

Disclaimer: Ares, Gabrielle and Xena don't belong to me (except maybe Ares in my dreams). They belong to Renaissance Pictures, so don't sue me - I get zero dollars/dinars/pennies/pounds/ (insert your monetary unit) with writing this stuff. I buy things with nothing but my pocket money.

Author's notes. *HI!!!!* This is some poetry I whipped up from out of nowhere. I'm a pretty crummy poet but honestly, who cares????? It's written from Xena's point of view to Ares. '*' means that the text is inside Xena's letter.That's all from me. BYE








Once again, you try to get me back
And again I tell you no.
But strangely enough, it's love you show
In order to win me again

I'd never say this in front of you
But I wanted to believe you were telling the truth.
I want you so much I can never say
And inside I think, "You are my way."

But after the things you have done to me
It's so hard to trust you once more.
I must try to forget your sincere apology
And cherish the memory of before.

With trouble, I betray my hearts desire
And mercilessly cast you aside
Because you could never love me with heart and soul
I can't figure your actions anymore

I could never face you to tell you to leave
'Cause if I do, I'd melt in your eyes
So I thought to write a letter for you to receive
And not witness your pain and surprise.

So Gabrielle gave me a scroll and a quill
And I sat by the fire to compose my note.
I stared at the scroll - all that I would fill.
I breathed heavily and slowly wrote:

*To Ares...*

I shivered at the letters, those little words.
A-R-E-S, they meant so much to me.
I almost stopped to call out
And tell you how I feel.
But I stopped myself before I did shout
And I kept those emotions concealed.

*I'm sorry but I can see you no more.
I have been forced. I cannot be sure
I can trust you these days,
The pain won't go away,
And it has truly beat me full sore.*

*You say that you love me, and sometimes I you,
Yet I cannot - I want to and I know you do too.
One day I might be able to love you again
But until that day, please stay away, and let me be sane.*

*I will always remember the days of our lives.
The laughter and tears, the up's and the dives.
But as I said, those moments are gone
In spite of the bliss we felt when they shone.*

*But keep the faith and the memories in mind
And I hope that one day like me, you will find
Life will go on if we aren't combined
And the meaning of 'love' will be defined.*

*I say we should live on, together as friends.
And we'll both slowly begin to make amends.
I enclose in my letter a token of this:
My last and final good-bye kiss.*

*Good-bye Ares, I bid you farewell.
My soul, my strength, my guiding angel.
From Xena*

I dropped the quill and reread my jot.
Looking at the words, I was disgusted by the lot.
I can't resist Ares, so why even try.
Without my God, I would surely die.

I couldn't believe I'd have made myself a liar
And in great anger I threw it in the fire.
I watched as it swiftly burned to ash
And I ran from the camp as quick as a flash.

An earshot away I stopped and I waited.
When he didn't come, for my impulse I catered.
"ARES!!" I called; When I needed him, him was there
Ready to help me and always full of care.

I walked up to him as quick as I could
And I said to him just as any woman would:
"Ares I can't deny it - I love you.
Always, forever, I'm telling you true.
Don't leave me a minute, for I'll break if you do.
Any obstacles that come, together we'll get through."

He smiled so sweetly it made my heart soar.
He just makes me so happy I always beg for more.
"I love you too," he whispered and held me warm and tight.
I wanted to stay there for the rest of the night.

I know now he truly loves me
And I'm now by his side incessantly.
No one I know imagined we'd succeed
But they didn't believe as we did about him and me
And so you see that we are meant to be
We'll be together for eternity.



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