A Christmas Carol
As every year on Christmas Eve
He asks all people to just leave
Alone he is, and will always be
So there's no happiness he wishes to see
Rodney doesn't care about it all
With happiness there's darkness in which they'll fall
Even though it's Christmas time
Avoiding danger should be their major prime
Still no one around him wishes to hear
His words about precaution and obvious fear
"The Wraith don't celebrate Christmas," he'd say
But the others want hope, just for one day
Rodney shakes his head as he goes to bed
'If they'd just remember the trouble they've had
They wouldn't take this all so lightly
A day off would worry them, at least slightly'
He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes
Emptying his mind within the darkness he lies
Light fills his room and there is sound in his ears
He has gone crazy for real now, he fears
He looks up seeing a person so bright
Though with shackles on her body, so tight
"Rodney, what are you doing?" she asks
"You really have a knack to give me hard tasks"
Rodney sits up and won't believe his eyes
Dr. Weir is there and he can see that she cries
Not on the outside, but from within
Because Rodney lives his life in sin
"I've come to warn you, my old friend
Three ghosts will tell you how far you went
Just to ensure your own false security
You have made no friends within this city"
Rodney does not believe his eyes
"Against the Replicators, Elizabeth dies!"
Dr. Weir nods and smiles sadly
"That is true, but I'll never be free"
Her ties lie with Atlantis for eternity
And now she's here to let Rodney see
He should change his life for the good
Or he will see forever, the place where he stood
Within the community, never liked
The ghosts will tell him where his life spiked
After that she disappears, Rodney is alone
He stares in the darkness, his heart turned to stone
He decides that he's been dreaming
His conscious merely hit him in a fling
Softly he nods and falls back on his pillow
Ghosts don't stay behind, they always go
As soon as the clock strikes midnight
He is again flooded within brilliant light
Waking up in startled amazement
He looks at the first ghost that was sent
His heart skips a beat when he sees who is there
Carson Beckett stands there and all he does is stare
"Carson, my friend, is it really you?" Rodney whispers
Hoping that his friend is not about to disperse
Carson smiles and walks up to the man
Rodney wants to touch him, if he can
Immediately he notices something's wrong
Carson's dead, but his spirit's strong
"What are you doing here?" he wishes to know
And Carson sighs while he looks below
"I come to tell ye about ye'r past
Ye'r day of judgement has come at last"
Rodney looks up in fear at the Ghost of Christmas Past
Wondering whether in his life, he has moved too fast
"Never were ye able to share in your glory
Pride and egotism were ye'r main story"
In his head Rodney can see it is true
"How can I change it?" he asks out of the blue
"Ye cannot change what has gone before
But for you, life has a lot more in store.
Try to change ye'r future, instead of ye'r past
And maybe ye'r find friendship that will forever last"
'But you are my friend' Rodney wishes to say
Only to find out that Carson had gone away
Sad in his heart, Rodney lies back down
Trying to fall asleep, carrying a saddened frown
As soon as he closes his eyes though it seems
Sleep is not granted to him, nor dreams
Another light burst Rodney sees
And he is already waging his fees
Slowly but surely he opens his eyes
Quite sure that his vision is telling him lies
Zelenka is there, but he is not dead
Yet he's standing there, right beside his bed
"What are you doing here?" Rodney wishes to know
His spirit has sunk to an all time low
"Is zat a way to greet a friend?" Zelenka asks
Rodney feels he's put up to the most difficult of tasks
"Of course, you never zaw me az a friend
Just a servant that came and went"
Rodney closes his eyes, knowing this he is right
But him telling him so gives him quite a fright
"I want to see you as a friend, I really do
But you are too smart, that much is true
You are my rival, I see you as such
That's something in friendship, I value so much"
Zelenka shakes his head and sighs
"You are so much caught up in your lies
It is not rivalry you seek, my friend
You just need someone to understand
You're sad and scared and want someone around
But compassion for someone like you is not easily found"
For someone like me, Rodney wonders
He can't figure out the meaning, however hard he ponders
He sighs and looks up, to ask Zelenka what he means
but what he finds is the most weirdest of scenes
Zelenka is gone and the room has turned black
Which leaves Rodney to wonder 'what do I lack?'
He does not have much time to think
Because next there's Ronon as his shrink
He stands there as a lighted man
Shining only like a spirit can
"Ronon, are you here for my future?"
Rodney doesn't know how much he can endure
Ronon nods, but stays silent for now
And Rodney wonders about the who and how
Why is Ronon the Fourth of Ghosts?
The one he fears and dislikes the most?
"I was a runner" Ronon simply says
Rodney nods, that is quite true, yes
"Don't become like me" Ronon warns him
"A future alone is always quite dim"
Rodney frowns, knowing Ronon's right
Suddenly it becomes dark, as if someone's turned off the light
Ronon is gone and he is alone
His head is hurting and his heart feels like stone
After lying there for minutes in his room
He wishes to get rid of this feeling of doom
He stands up and walks out of the door
Making his way to the control tower floor
The party in there is still going on
And he wishes to party until the break of dawn
"Rodney hello, you came after all"
Sheppard is there, amidst of the hall
Rodney smiles and walks up to him
"Sorry, I've been a jerk" he says in a whim
Sheppard shakes his head and hands him a drink
"We forgive you for it, or so I think."
~Merry Christmas to all :)
