Buffy's Villanelle


Oh--
You never said we had to end
I never quite could let you go--

And I always saw you as the foe
Couldn’t know that you might be a friend
Oh--

And forever is all that you know
And why did I let you pretend
That I never quite could let you go?

And whatever you asked I said no
Full of fears that I never would mend
Oh--

Till the day came that we stood below,
All alone with a world to defend,
I never quite could let you go--

I said I love you.   You said no
But through fire I caught at your hand
Oh--
And I never quite could let you go.