Author's Note: I wrote this poem after watching "A Family Affair" the second time and crying at the end a second time. Would love to know what you think of it.

PITY THE DESTROYER
by Xedra

Born of War and Evil is a creature like no other.
The Destroyer, fierce and bloody, who craves the love of his mother.
Reaching out with spike-covered arms, he yearns for her embrace,
But she quickly turns away, a frown of scorn upon her face.

A moan of deepest anguish, as he shrinks from her disgust,
Fills the cold and lonely cave, her treatment so unjust.
He is what she has made him, a creature everyone fears,
But inside he also has a heart, and he cries bitter tears.

His fate could've been far different, had he grown under Gabrielle's care.
A life filled with love and acceptance, instead of hate and despair.
Instead, his life is cut short; and, confused by Gabrielle's face
Unkowingly slays his mother, but they die in a tender embrace.

In the end finally recieving what he's longed for all his life:
His mother's arms around him, and a loving look in her eye.