A small poem set after the events in The Mark of the Golden Dragon
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Across the Stars
I feel the need to be alone tonight
My dearest Jacky
They've finally let me be alone tonight.
Higgins understands
Not entirely, of course.
Sidrah stands close guard.
Though Richard takes a bit more persuasion
To go belowdecks.
They fear the madness might set in again
Sometimes I fear it too.
The Black Cloud has not come over me
But it's something similar
I no longer wish to jump overboard
To die and be beside you
I just think of you
How I miss you
Though I wish I could swim
and be right there with you
Once again a sea and a half
Separates us
You're on your ship
I'm on mine
As we sail away from each other
I look up at the stars
The stars are beautiful tonight
There's Orion
There's the Evening Star
The name of one of your ships,
If I recall.
And there, the North Star
A sailor's guide and friend
And the North Star
Ever constant, ever faithful
Across the skies
It is the one that
Everyone relies on
You must be using the star
As everyone does
You're probably
Gazing at the stars
Finding your way
We might be gazing
At the same stars
Even across the world
The same stars shine
As you head your way
and I head my way
Across the stars
I feel you beside me
We are joined
As I gaze at the Northern Star
I love you, Jaimy
Yours,
Jaimy
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