If Spike had ever managed to write decent poetry, he might have written this sonnet for Buffy on seeing her in "AfterLife".  (Note how I assume I can write decent poetry *g*) 

Rated G.

This was the very first writing that the Jossverse inspired me to do.  As you can see, it wasn't the last.

And I could love you for this thought alone:
This monster that you treated like a man
Knew nothing but despair while you were gone--
No rest, no peace without you, Buffy Anne.

I saw you battered, bleeding, numb with pain
And longed to draw you near, to hold you tight
And somehow let you know, time and again
In desp'rate dreams, I'd saved you every night.

        I'm demon-haunted, cursed, true peace denied,
        But heaven now, for me, lies at your side.