Hello, Everybody!

I wrote this years ago but just never got around to submitting it. (I was actually going to put it in with a big collection of oneshots and poems and things, but it didn't happen.) Then it got lost and I couldn't find it again. Well, I just did.

After a flood of HiNaBN fics, here, have some TZP poetry. Much love, friends! (Also, The Riders is being re-written, if anyone remembers it.)

I do not own the Zeta Project or any of the characters therein. I do, however, own the poem.

My Zeta, My Zee

The warmth, the kindness I feel in your arms,
I know it protects me and keeps me from harm.
I love when you smile, so tenderly.
You are my Zeta,
And Zeta my Zee.

That face that you wear? It's simply a cover.
How could I ever love one, not the other?
Yet those quiet blue eyes, they captivate me.
Zee is my Zeta,
And Zeta's my Zee.

I don't care that you're metal, not covered by skin.
It isn't what's outside that counts, but within.
In that shell is a soul, it stares back at me.
Because you are my Zeta,
Zeta: my Zee.

I don't mind the running, despite what you say.
As long as I'm with you, I can face a new day.
But forever is short, not for you, but for me.
You'll always be Zeta,
Forever my Zee.

I have, however, just this single fear:
That one morning I'll wake and you won't be here.
One day, you won't need me; someday, you'll be free.
Free to be Zeta,
No longer my Zee.

That is the day, when my spirit will die.
I'll be lost without you; I'll just curl up and cry.
You've no idea what that'd do to me.
I love you as Zeta,
Not just as Zee.

But until that time when my nightmares come true,
I'll keep on laughing, like you told me to do.
The sincerest of smiles is what you will see.
A smile for my Zeta,
A hug for my Zee.

Yes, I care for you now, and it's not like before.
I fell for your face, but I love your heart more.
We're meant for each other, so why can't you see?
Zee is my Zeta,
And Zeta my Zee.

Musical Muse: none