a/n: written for an absent friend.
Set 2 years after the Reichenbach Fall and before series 3.
With thanks to MapleleafCameo.
John
Two years have passed;
An instant
And a lifetime;
Both as one.
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A single act
Which split
Before from after.
Here...
Then gone.
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It's all too clear;
No hope,
No chance,
No miracles
Remain.
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He will not see
Extraordinary odds
Defied again.
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All simple things;
Each breath,
Each sound,
Each taste,
Each witnessed scene,
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As months pass by,
Have stretched
The aching distance
In between
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That day and now.
Experiences lived
Without his friend;
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He never thought
Such times as they had shared
Would reach an end.
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A wine glass raised;
Such melancholy thoughts
To dwell upon.
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A silent toast;
To life,
To absent friends,
To moving on.
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