Save Your Soul

By Omega

As I watched my world disappear,
I realized the child I was had died.
The stranger watched me silently,
sensing my internal war.
He seemed to realize that I had changed.
For better or worse, only time can tell.
I bowed my head as pain grasped my soul.
Pain I had never let myself feel.
I closed my eyes, feeling terribly alone,
but then I felt a warm hand on my arm.
The stranger, no longer a stranger,
was offering comfort and friendship to me.
My people forbade such friendships
but I found myself unwilling to leave.
I turned my back on the old, familiar pain.
For the first time I let myself cry.
A new era dawned for me.
Unlike other dawns,
I didn't watch this one alone.


Note: Guys, this is different from my normal K/S stuff. I don't know if it really qualifies as such, at least in the 'canon' Trekiverse. Maybe it's an A/U. Or maybe I just haven't been getting enough sleep lately.