Spuffy Drabble: Beneath You---r Surface

[angearia]

It’s cold, cold between us,

Or so we’d have you believe,

But the fires run hot even though you can’t see,

We are death, slinking darkness predators,

Connected, irresistibly at war,

Circling and feinting, the tension between us cuts,

We fight over the power, no victor decided,

No captain acknowledged to steer the fury,

Immortal battle,

Comments

[moscow_watcher]

I already said it privately, but I want to repeat it here: it's very graphic and powerful.

The start is dark and angsty - but the narrative builds up momentum, striving for fire, for the light. "Frustrated allies, warrior-lovers, soul-keepers," - this line is particularly intense, profound with meanings. And the last line, about torpedoes - fun, fun, fun!

Quintessential Spuffy.

[angearia]

Thank you.

And hee! Better look out, the Spuffy sub is gonna getcha!

[moscow_watcher]

Hee! The Spuffy sub had gotten me back in 2000, I believe. I adored them in Something Blue and Intervention sealed the deal.

[angearia]

I was up for the occasional ride on the Spuffy sub with the occasional Spike-centric stops (Fool for Love) but I didn't book a permanent seat til Intervention aired, so right there with ya. :D

[angearia]

Thanks! Hee, I'm now imagining us all hanging out on the Spuffy sub. :P

Now all we need is some Spuffy PWP on a submarine and we're golden.

[ms_scarletibis]

Is it weird I totally heard Wesley reading this, like a prophecy or something?

Well done :D

[angearia]

Thanks! Heh, I can totally see Wes reading this and then saying the last line like "Wtf?"

[menomegirl]

Good poem! I particularly found these lines to be quite profound:

Frustrated allies, warrior-lovers, soul-keepers and This burn runs silently, runs deep

[angearia]

Thanks! The second line is mostly petzipellepingo's who wanted an icon saying "runs silently, runs deep". She gave me ideas.

I kinda view the first line as connected to the one before it:

Til static war transmutes and we become,

Frustrated allies, warrior-lovers, soul-keepers,

Since I cut off the first line in order to make it a shout-out to Becoming II.

[stormwreath]

I'm humbled at having inspired such beauty. :-)

[angearia]

Hee! Yes, this is all your fault. :D

...now who's gonna do the dirty limeric version for Buffy/Satsu, the sad country western for Riley/Buffy and the emo ballad for Buffy/Angel? Or I guess a sonnet might do for Bangel.