A/N- just a really random piece my mind connnected very early one morning. I OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Poem is "Sonnets from the Portuguese 43- How do I love Thee? Let me Count the Ways" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). Quotes are all copyright BBC. No infringement intended. No profit made from this work.
Please let me know if any of this made sense.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
"Time can be rewritten!"
"Not those times, not one line- don't you dare!"
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
"I'm not going to be there every time you feel like, like jumping out of a spaceship!"
"And you are so wrong."
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
"I'm not really here."
"You were always here to me. And I can always see you. And I always listen."
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
"Our lives are back to front. Your future's my past. Your firsts are my lasts."
"Not really what I asked."
"Ask something else then."
I love thee to the level of everyday's
"Hi, Honey. I'm home."
"And what sort of time do you call this?"
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
"When one's in love with an ageless god, who insists on the face of a twelve year old- one does one's best to hide the damage."
"That must hurt."
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
"This is my friend River. Nice hair. Clever. Has her own gun. And unlike me, she really doesn't mind shooting people. I shouldn't like that. Kind of do a bit."
"Thank you, Sweetie."
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
"You think I wanted this? I didn't do this! This- this wasn't me!"
"This was exactly you. All this. All of it. You make them so afraid."
I love thee with a passion put to use
"I'll suffer. If I have to kill you."
"More than every living thing in the universe?"
"Yes."
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
"When I was little, I was gonna marry you."
"Good idea! Let's get married. You stay alive and I'll marry you."
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
"There's a first time for everything."
"And a last time."
With my lost saints, - I love thee with the breath,
"River you know my name. You whispered my name in my ear. There's only one reason I would ever tell anyone my name. There's only one time I could."
"Hush now. Spoilers."
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose,
"You just changed the future!"
"It's called marriage, Honey."
I shall but love thee better after death.
"It's hard to leave, when you haven't said goodbye."
"Then tell me because I don't know- how do I say it?"