Well my roommate forced me to do a challenge with her, and well I had no idea what the hell I was going to write. Untill I was reading Ellen Hopkins novel Identical which like all her novels are written in verse, and I always wanted to do a character study on John during my favorite episode Common Ground and thus I brought myself to this challenge to write a character study of John during one of his best episode in verse (you know kinda like the Iliad and the Odyssey) and I am praying this idea/project works out. I only ask that you be gentle with me because this is my first time writing in this sort of style.

For the inspiration for this number I will give you the website otherwise I implore you to check out her books.

http:/ www. Ellenhopkins .com/ (NO SPACES)

Please note that there will be one poem per chapter to keep this organized and the title of the Poem will be in Itailics.

Disclaimer: Though there are many days I wished I owned John Sheppard Alas I don't but I do own the poetry!

Warnings: Whump, Violence and a Bound and Gagged Sheppard, PS. There shall be Spoilers to Common Ground. And it's a little AU, there's a fifth member on the team that is a little OC of mine based off one of my personal heroes.

Time of Dying

On the ground I lay

Motionless in pain

I can see my life flashing before my eyes

Did I fall asleep

Is this all a dream

Wake me up, I'm living a nightmare

I will not die (I will not die)

I will survive

I will not die, I'll wait here for you

I feel alive, when you're beside me

I will not die, I'll wait here for you

In my time of dying

Time of Dying-Three Days Grace

The End

When I joined the military,
I had kept one expectation
I would die young.
Either in a hail of bullets,
or a fiery explosion,
even a plane crash.

But never in my wildest dreams,
have I even dared to think that
this was the way I was going to die.

Then again if I even tried,
to explain my impending demise,
you'd think I am mad.
I wouldn't be at all surprised,
this whole out of control wild ride,
is some screwed up Nightmare.

You wonder what I am talking about.
Well let me tell you about it,
if you are so curious…..