Title: A Solitary Way

Author: EmGee

Feedback: Good, bad, short, long, early, late. Bring it on!

Rating: PG-13

Series: TOS

Pairing: K/S implied

Comments: Iambic pentameter, even!

Disclaimer: None required.

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A Solitary Way
by EmGee

I thought to pass a solitary way,
Hermitic, self-sufficient, shadow-cloaked,
Content to glimpse a dim, reflected light:
Emerging, now and then, with cautious mien
To sip weak energy of lesser stars
With delicate intent, as invalids,
Long illness past, take first slow steps, then must
Retreat to bed. Then came a light too bright
For shadows, warmer than my native orb,
And with it air, the freshest I had breathed;
And food, and drink, the finest I had known.
Thus years of solitude away as dust
Were blown. Abundant sunshine, endless day
Are mine -- for while he lives, there is no night.