Disclaimer: I don't know why I bother, really. I mean, it's not like anyone can TELL who these are about, unless I've put the names in. <g> Oh wait..... that'd be why. If I don't mention SOMEWHERE that this is actually a bit of fanstuff (for which you'll have to take my word), then I wouldn't be able to post to OTL. That explains it. <g> Anyway, this one's about Xavier and Lilandra, who've been getting a damn raw deal lately.

Oh, and it's specially for Samy and Kiko, whom I love to death and who it fits nearly as well. :)

The sun shines high above thee, love,

Whilst yet my sky is bright with stars,

You wake while I am sleeping, and,

I wake, to know thee slumber wrap't.

To love is pain, the poets say,

And yet to love is greatest joy.

My greatest joy is thee to love,

And pain to do so far away.

Across a sea of stars we love,

Across our duty's barricade,

Across our fear and joy and pain,

And, in our hearts at least, are one.

Times there are when distance seems,

To strain our love to breaking point.

And others, ah, so rare they be,

When we seem but a breath apart,

For love doth twine our souls so close,

That we are one, no matter what.

I have faith in thee, my love, and

In the fates, if such there be, to

Steer us safe to loving harbour,

And peace in one another's arms.

Time cannot dim the love we share,

Nor distance loose us of its ties,

We are destined to be one, and

Naught shall dare to come between.

I love thee, and with all my heart,

I believe these truths to be... though

The sun shines high above thee, love,

Whilst yet my sky is bright with stars,

And though we must remain apart,

We're e'er together in my heart.

End.