By Liz
Date: 2004 Nov 07
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Antagonist

You were my favorite antagonist,
the brooding, sultry Heathcliff
of my romantic lore,
the man who longed for love
and worked to destroy the one
who would dare give it to you.

You were Dr. Frankenstein
love was the monster you
pulled together
and you stepped back in horror
at the size and shape and weight
of what we made together.

You were Mr. Rochester,
Rhett Butler, even a little Scrooge,
but in the beginning
you were Mr. Darcy
sarcastic, passionate, lovely
all wrapped in a veneer of reserve
and that is how I came to love you
in the first place.