What has happened, this has not gone as planned,

I'm not supposed to be surrounded by voices, just bunches of sand.

I had expected to feel nothing, ever again,

I had even expected to feel excruciating pain.

But never before had I expected to feel new,

so helpless, so tiny, I don't know what to do!

Doc had betrayed me, not granted my plea,

he hadn't been okay with it but he had seemed to agree.

But now as I wake, it is not in a hole,

but again as a parasite nothing but a soul.

A voice reacts to my ever subtle stirring,

and then another voice concurring.

A touch, a whisper, a very soft kiss,

I've been waiting my whole life to feel like this.

Wanda? Honey, if you're in there please speak,

but I feel to exhausted, so incredibly weak.

Ian's soft hand brushes my face,

and I feel his hand make a new trace,

Of this face that's now me though I don't know it,

although it does feel just like a perfect fit.

I look up at Ian with eyes open wide,

Then my focus changes on to a boy with a very long stride.

"Wanda?" He asks me, "Wanda I went, I went on the raid,

And Ian refused to let go, because he was really afraid."

Ian, my Ian, still loves me, even though

I had broken his heart by trying to go.

Standing around me are all of my friends,

minus Walt and Wes, of course, but they've all made amends.

Doc stands with Sharron, and Uncle Jeb with Aunt Maggie,

Jared and a shock as I stare at the face, with hair that is shaggy,

familiar but different, is the face that was mine,

but now is Melanie's, yet again, and the feeling is fine.

To not be a parasite is a feeling beyond measure,

no one on the Earth can understand my pleasure.

My life here on Earth does not have to be over,

and I now have a family, and an amazing lover.

Ian carries me to our spot in the cave,

And I am happy that I am not in a grave.

The rest of my life in front of me, with Ian at my side,

and knowing that I will never again have to hide.

We have each other, and that's all we need,

and I now do not feel any greed,

from stealing a life,

and knowing that I will always be Ian's wife.

Weeks and weeks later we're out on a raid,

when up came some humans, up out of the shade.

They say to not worry, that they mean no harm,

they say they are sorry, they meant no alarm.

They see me and don't freak out

and out comes Burns and we loss all doubt.

He smiles and everything feels right

we continue on our way that is all for tonight.

Life is a miracle, spectacular and true,

and my love for Ian is once again new.

Life has taken me far from where I've been,

and now I can't help but grin!