Credo

[preserved_ginger]

Title: Credo
Rating: PG-13
Setting: At some unspecified point post-The Fires of Pompeii
Character(s): Ten. Rose (off-camera).
Pairing(s): Ten/Rose
A/N: Inspired by, but no spoilers for, 4X02 (The Fires of Pompeii). The title is Latin, from the Christian Nicene Creed, and translates as "I believe".
Summary: I dwell upon the words I'd never said

I cannot hold thee, for thou art not here;
Yet I'll not grieve thee, as thou art not dead.
But thoughts of thee reduce me, still, to tears;
I dwell upon the words I'd never said:
Thou always wert the apple of mine eye,
The one for whom my sun both rose and set,
And I can't fathom how it is that I
Had never told thee that I lov'd thee, yet
I think that I could never love thee more.
Believe me when I tell thee that mine hearts
Still belong both to thee, yet feel both sore
And sorrowful because we are apart;
And thou shouldst know that, though we bid adieu,
My mind, my soul, my body are still true.

Comments

[kitty-cate.livejournal.com]

astoundingly, unfairly beautiful.

that is INSANE.
how can you write a sonnet? i can hardly scrape together a rhyming poem, let alone follow the rules of the sonnet! (that's unfair, that is.)

[brokentimelord.livejournal.com]

*sniff* that was just beautiful, fantastic

[arose4thedoctor.livejournal.com]

that was so beautiful. sad, but beautiful.

[maniacalshen.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant. :)

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

I'm still a bit meeved that they didn't give a TSR shout-out (the referenced way on back to The Romans instead), but this makes me feel much better!

[jai-23.livejournal.com]

And thou shouldst know that, though we bid adieu,
My mind, my soul, my body are still true.

You always end on the best rhyming couplets. :)

Truly and utterly beautiful. ♥

re: Credo

[acciochocolate.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned by the beautiful and formal language. I have great admiration for those who can write in poetic forms like this.