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Author's Note: This poem was written from Allen's POV. It was meant to be a direct tie-in to the story version of "Please Protect".

Last Revised: 02/01/02
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"Please Protect My Little Sister-The Poem"
By: Remalna Marguerite.


Cooling embers of a dream.
A vision of glorious, golden meadows,
Stretching into infinite space.
I see you--
Eyes like the stars,
Smooth cheeks,
Rosy lips parted--
Laughing.
And then, suddenly,
You were gone.

So many long years spent alone.
Oh how I searched...
In every girl I seemed to see
A hint of you.
Realizing that in the end,
You could not be replaced.
You were the only one I loved,
You hold my heart, burning, in your hands.
If I could, I would give you the world.
You hold my soul.

Fate toys with me,
She is the vicious, omnipotent predator,
The eternal hunter who tracks me...stealing my prizes.
She took you.
But then, as if to torture me further,
She granted me my wish:
You were returned to me,
Into my gray, dreary life.
You were even more beautiful,
Than in my dreams.

But it was not meant to be,
I was not destined to be your true love.
So here I am.
Giving you away to another man--
A black-haired King.
I smile to you across the room,
While my heart shatters.
One last kiss,
One last touch,
Please protect my little sister.


[Fin]