Poetry By: Petra Piperno
I SCREAM
But it resounds only
In my head
No one can hear
My hands
Become fists and
My jaw
Clenches
Who is this…
Woman
This Crusader
This woman of Light
Her message
Twisted
But her words
Sweet
I SCREAM
But it resounds only
In my head
Gabrielle!!!
{ A Bard's Passion } {O, Xena }
{Rescued
} { Power } {The Betrayal } {top of page}
All thoughts shut down
Her lips on mine
My heartbeat pounds
And quickens in my head
Her mouth is soft
And strong on mine
I glimpse azure eyes
But then no longer see
Only colors and shapes
Wash over me
Sensations…
I feel her tongue
Along my neck
Desire…
Her arms around me
Touching everywhere
Passion…
I can no longer stand
My love, my
Xena…
{A Warrior's Heart} {O, Xena }
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Swords clash, chakram flies
That gaze; those eyes
As someone almost once said:
Those thighs!
O, Xena!
Such fierceness, and loyalty
Focus and tragedy
Kept in check by her bard, her center
Her reality
O, Xena!
Haunted by past deeds
A name; A legacy
Overcoming all through sheer will:
Intense integrity
O, Xena!
O, Xena, for all these things
For inspiration, for joy
And so much more
I thank you
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It was a cold, dark, dreary day
And I sat staring out my window
My thoughts wandered far away
As the temperature hit zero.
I closed the book that was in my lap
And shivered suddenly
Would these hard times never end?
Never let me free?
But then, as quickly as it had come,
The darkness left in awe
And thoughts of friends and warmth arrived
Rescued - by the warrior and the bard.
{A Warrior's Heart} { A Bard's Passion }
{O, Xena } { Power } {The Betrayal }
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Let it simmer, let it fester
Let it grow in scope and power
Until it can no longer be held
Until it can be focused and vented
Then let the full fury hit its target
No mercy, no regrets, full force, no let-up
Reduce the offender, make them see
The power and strength that is destroying me
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{O, Xena } {Rescued } {The Betrayal }
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Fury, unleash it; power, use it
I have been betrayed, violated
Damn it! What gives you the right
To tear away my protective coat
And then not attend to what is below
Don't you have eyes? Can't you see mine?
As you casually divulge part of my soul
And briefly peruse some unimportant words
Well, those unimportant words are not such to me
They form me, they mold me, they are me, you see
{A Warrior's Heart} { A Bard's Passion }
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