In My Arms
By:   Shawen A. Greer
Summary:   Mulder POV

I remember the first time you fell into my arms.
You were scared and innocent, seeming so
     much like a young girl.
You caught me by surprise and yet I knew in
     an instant how good it felt to hold you.
How perfectly we fit together,
Each a completion of the other.

It seems that you have grown before my eyes,
And my sorrow is unending.  For I know that you have
     not aged because of time.
But because of the great losses you have suffered and the pain
     you have endured.
I wish I could take you back to that time of innocence,
When you still believed that the world was a good place.
That all could be explained, and that good always won over evil.

And yet, I see you today for what you have become,
For all that you have overcome.
Your beauty surpassed only by your strength and your courage.
You still fit so perfectly in my arms as they try so desperately
     to protect you.
Only to fail miserably as they always have.