Poetry by Mytilene page 1~ The Vision ~

I HAD SEEN IT ALL BEFORE, IN A VISION!
MY LOVE'S SCREAMS PIERCED MY HEART
AS UGLY NAILS PIERCED HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
I WATCHED POWERLESS AS SHE BROKE HER SACRED VOW,
TO USE PEACE AS HER ONLY WEAPON; NEVER TO KILL.
AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO,
CALLISTO HAD CUT MY SPINE IN TWO!
BECAUSE OF ME, HER IMMACULATE SOUL,
WAS SPATTERED WITH ROMAN BLOOD AND GORE,
AND STILL, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES AND COURAGE IN HER VOICE, AS SHE CRADLED MY USELESS BODY, LIKE A CHILDS', IN HER ARMS, SHE TRIED TO CONSOLE ME, THE " FEARLESS WARRIOR."
MY ONE AND ONLY MISTAKE, LED US TO OUR DEATH.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN THAT PATH TO TAKE;
RIGHT INTO EVIL CEASAR'S MORTAL CLUTCHES!!
AND NOW, AS I GAZE INTO HER PAINED COUNTENANCE
I REALIZE, IN ONE FINAL ACT OF UNDYING LOVE,
EVEN IN DEATH, SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MINE!!!!

{Seasons} {Revenge} {Lao Ma} {The Thin Line}
{Callisto} {Under the Lemon Tree} {Forever In Love}{top of page}

I reach out to
touch your face, and,
oh, what a beautiful face it is!
Like a blossoming flower in Spring!

I lean in to
smell your hair, and
oh, what a sweet aroma it has!
Like wild Summer berries in the forest!

I turn to gaze deep
into your eyes, and,
oh, what peace I see there!
Like a green valley after an Autumn rain!

You put your arms around me
pulling me close to your body, and,
oh, what a hot body it is!
Like a blazing campfire on a cold Winters night!

Gabrielle,
You are like the Seasons to me,
Without you, my life cannot be.

I WATCHED HER SLOWLY SINK INTO THE QUICKSAND,
YELLING FOR ME TO HURRY AND LEND A HAND,
BUT I STOOD BY AND ALLOWED HER TO DROWN,
FEELING MY HEART SINK AS SHE WAS PULLED DOWN.

MY MIND SCREAMED TO RUN AND SAVE HER;
MY BODY FROZE, REFUSING TO OBEY THAT ORDER.
I OWED IT TO GABRIELLE, TO AVENGE HER PAIN;
AFTER PERDICUS' DEATH, SHE'D NEVER BE THE SAME.

IT WAS UP TO ME, TO BRING HER SOME RELIEF;
MURDERING CALLISTO DID NOT FIT IN HER BELIEFS.
SO I WAITED UNTIL I WAS SURE THE DEMON WAS GONE,
AND WITH A HEAVY HEART , TOLD GABRIELLE THE DEED WAS DONE.

THOUGH HER EYES WERE STILL CLOUDED OVER IN PAIN,
I THOUGHT I SAW A SMALL SPARK LIGHT THEM UP AGAIN.
THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME, TO SEE MY LOVE ONCE MORE SMILE,
AND TO KNOW THAT EVEN FOR A MOMENT, I MADE HER HAPPY FOR AWHILE.

WITH LAO MA, I FLOAT WEGHTLESSLY THROUGH THE AIR.
SHE SHOWS ME THAT BEAUTY IS EVERYWHERE.
WITH HER , I LEARN OF TENDERNESS
AND FEEL TRUE POWER IN FORGIVENESS.

WITH LAO MA, I LEARN OF TRUE LOVE.
HER HANDS FLUTTER OVER MY BODY LIKE THE WINGS OF A DOVE
CURING MY BROKEN LEGS OF ALL THIER PAIN
MAKING ME SUDDENLY WHOLE ALL OVER AGAIN.

LAO MA, MY REAL MENTOR.
SHE SHOWS ME HOW TO LIVE
AND HOW MYSELF TO FORGIVE.

LAO MA, MY FIRST TRUE LOVE.
SHE SAVES MY HEART AND MY SOUL
AND PUTS ME ON THE PATH TOWARDS MY REAL GOAL.

I WALK DOWN THE THIN LINE
THAT SEPARATES CAOS FROM ORDER
CAREFUL NOT TO STEP OVER EITHER BORDER,
NOT SURE OF WHICH ONE TO MAKE MY OWN.

AS I TOTTER ON THE BRINKS OF MY UNCERTAINTY
I GAZE DOWN AT THE BLOOD DRYING ON THE EDGE OF MY SWORD.
CONSTANTLY THUS, AM I REMINDED OF MY DAYS AS A WARLORD,
AND OF HOW I CAME TO BE DOUBTING MY OWN MENTAL SANITY.

THE DISTANT ROAR OF BATTLE STILL ECHOES IN MY BRAIN
LIKE THUNDER ANNOUNCING THE ONSLAUGHT OF A SUDDEN STORM,
AND MY EMOTIONS FLEE MY SOUL AS ANIMALS FLEE THE RAIN
LEAVING ME DRAINED AND EMPTY, AND WALKING HERE FORLORN.

IT IS THUS THAT I RUN INTO YOU,
A RAY OF LIGHT IN ALL THAT IS DARK.
YOU TAKE MY HAND AND SHOW ME WHAT TO DO
AND IN MY DOUBTING MIND, YOU LIGHT A SPARK.

I FOLLOW YOU ,GABRIELLE, UNFALTERING,
STEPPING EAGERLY OVER THAT BORDER
TO FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS THAT LEAD FROM CAOS TO ORDER.
NEVER A REGRET INVADES MY MIND
AS I BATTLE EVIL, WITH YOU BY MY SIDE,
FOR IN YOUR SHADOW, EVERLASTING PEACE DID I FIND!

I WATCHED HER SLOWLY SINK INTO THE QUICKSAND,
YELLING FOR ME TO HURRY AND LEND HER A HAND
BUT I STOOD BY AND WATCHED HER DROWN
FEELING MY HEART SINK AS SHE WENT DOWN.

MY MIND SCREAMED,"RUSH AND SAVE HER!"
MY BODY FROZE AND REFUSED TO DO AS ORDERED.
I OWED IT TO GABRIELLE, TO AVENGE HER PAIN;
AFTER PERDICUS' DEATH SHE'D NEVER BE THE SAME.
ONLY I COULD BRING HER SOME RELIEF,
KILLING CALLISTO DID NOT FIT HER BELIEFS.

SO I WAITED UNTIL I WAS SURE THE DEMON WAS GONE,
AND WITH A HEAVY HEART TOLD GABRIELLE WHAT I HAD DONE.
THOUGH HER EYES WERE STILL CLOUDED OVER IN PAIN,
I THOUGHT I SAW A SMALL SPARK LIGHT THEM UP AGAIN.
THAT WAS ENOUGH FOR ME, TO SEE MY LOVE ONCE MORE SMILE,
AND TO KNOW THAT I MADE HER HAPPY, EVEN IF FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
( LOVE, MYTILENE,POET UNKNOWN )

UNDER THE SHADE OF A BLOSSOMING LEMON TREE,
HIDING FROM THE NOONDAY ATHENIAN SUN,
I TRY TO SCRIBBLE MY TALES OF BATTLING GODS,
WHILE INTO THE AMPHITHEATRE OF MY MIND CREEP
IMAGES OF THE BLUEST OF ALL BLUE EYES.

THE SMELL OF A MILLION LEMON BLOSSOMS FILLS THE AIR,
AS A GENTLE SUMMER BREEZE STIRS UP MY HAIR.
I CLOSE MY EYES; I SEE HER STANDING THERE,
IN ALL HER TALL,MUSCULAR SPLENDOUR;
THE SUN DANCING OFF HER METAL BREASTPLATES.
"XENA,"MY LIPS WHISPER HER NAME,MY VOICE
SLICING THE DUSTY SILENCE LIKE A SHARP SWORD.
IN MY LONELY HEART THROBS A DULL ACHE ,AS I REMEMBER,
"YESTERDAY, SHE LEFT WITHOUT A WORD."

TEARS ESCAPE THEIR PRISONS OF JADE
CAUSING THE INK ON MY SCROLLS TO FADE.
WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID,
OR RATHER,
WAS IT WHAT I LEFT UNSAID?

THE SUN SLOWLY SLIPS INTO THE AEGEAN BLUE.
I WIPE AWAY MY TEARS.WHAT ELSE CAN I DO?
SUDDENLY, I FEEL TWO ARMS SNAKE AROUND MY WAIST!
I SMILE, AND LEAN BACK. THERE IS NO HASTE.
"GABRIELLE...",HER LIPS WHISPER HOT INTO MY EAR.
"SHH, I KNOW; I LOVE YOU TOO, MY DEAR."

TOGETHER, WE LOOK UP AT A CANOPY OF A THOUSAND STARS;
CHEEK TO CHEEK; MY BODY ON FIRE IN HER ARMS,
AND SOFTLY WE BREATHE IN THE SMELL OF A MILLION LEMON BLOSSOMS.

UNDER THE SHADE OF A BLOSSOMING LEMON TREE,
WE FINALLY LET OUR WILDEST PASSIONS GO FREE!!!!

DEAR READER,
TO WHOEVER WISHES TO READ THIS POEM, A SMALL WARNING:
THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT AT WRITING ALTERNATE XENA FICTION SO IF IT GETS PUBLISHED FOR YOUR EYES TO SEE,JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND.AFTER HOURS OF READING ALTERNATE XENA FANFICTION AND MANY FURIOUS HEARTBEATS LATER, THIS LITTLE POEM WAS CONCEIVED.FROM MY UNDYING LOVE FOR XENA TO YOU.

TWO ICE BLUE EYES MELTED INTO LIQUID GREEN ONES
PASSION LIT UP THE NIGHT LIKE AN AMAZON BONFIRE

AND THE HEAT OF THIS LOVE SEARED ITS MARK IN THEIR HEARTS.
THERE SEEMED TO BE NO END TO THEIR WILD LOVEMAKING.

NO END TO A LONG AWAITED,MOST DESIRED LOVE.
TWO EMERALD GREEN EYES SPARKLED IN SAPPHIRE BLUE ONES

TENDERNESS CARESSED THEIR HEARTS LIKE WAVES IN A LAKE
AND PEACE FILLED THEIR WOUNDED SOULS TO THE BRIM.

IT WAS LIKE THIS FROM THE FIRST MOMENT THEY MET...
IT WAS LIKE THIS IN HEARTWRENCHING SORROWS...

IT WAS LIKE THIS IN UNSPEAKABLE GRIEF...
ALWAYS LIKE THIS,TWO WOMEN FOREVER IN LOVE.........