Death I have known
by Rae C.
Email: chammy@erols.com
Rating: PG-13?
Pairing: Q/O
Category: POV, Angst, Poetry
Date: 08 September, 1999
Archive: M-A, all others please ask.
Disclaimer: Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon belong to the entity known as
Lucas. The poem, however is mine.
Summary: Obi-Wan reflects on his loss of Qui-Gon after TPM.
Follows canon.
~~<<->>~~
"Death I have known."
~~<<->>~~
Death...I have known.
His kiss temptingly sweet,
a wanting that had always been.
The beguiling serenade of siren's song,
as breath refused and slept.
All alone, I waited.
Begging one last embrace,
all that is left, a hurried plea.
Watching the bright blue crystals fall,
shattering into pale reflections of the
Master.
Oh yes, Death I have known.
Welcomed him with open arms
spread in plaintive benediction.
Eagerly seeking passage
upon the dark waters of the River Styx.
Fallen, I have.
Wading into the murky shoals
of a forgotten, soulless world.
Pleading for just one more second,
one more softly uttered reproof.
Death....Death, I have known you.
Your masks I have seen,
huddling beneath still blankets.
Curled tightly against deafening silence,
descending night breaks for the day.
I can do nothing but weep.
Here lost in a sea of faces,
all of whom are the same.
Burdened with a task,
I'd rather you'd kept safe.
His Death I have known.
His Love....I had not.
Rae
September 8th, 1999
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