~ about Willow ~
She has a ruthless streak, my girl.
I know her. I know she can go
to extremes. Shy when I met her, now
she is tasting her power, and she likes it.
But I have been subject to ruthless.
I know what power, gone to the extreme,
does to one on the other end … inflicts.
I have been that victim. It makes me careful.
I have known loss of choice. She,
in her way, is losing it too. Power
can take hold. I have navigated this path
before her. I wish only to guide.
Magic is responsibility. Use with care!
Will she turn back? Back from this
wrong way? Back to me? She thinks
she can have both, wants it all.
I love her passion, that now has her
grasp with both hands; but I don’t
love to see her heart distort, don’t love
how far she is moving, away from me.
~~~~~~~~~
Willow should be for wands,
not swords. Willows are meant
to be graceful, to grow into
sheltering spaces. May it so be!
Rommy, in Friday Writings #41 at Poets and Storytellers United, invites us to write from the point of view of a television character from a show we like. 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' is one of my all-time favourite shows, and I identify with my favourite character, Willow, who goes from being a nerd to a witch. Like Willow, I love the wise and gentle Tara, a more experienced witch (with a background of family abuse) who is here portrayed in her loving concern at the time when Willow becomes dangerously enamoured of magical power.