a/n: responses to Hades' December Challenge. Prompt from I'm Nova - Midnight mass
POV of Dr Watson, during the hiatus,
For Ennui Enigma and medcat:-)
Midnight Mass
A tiring day,
Emergencies;
Relentless, hectic pace;
A hostage to his patients' random ills.
A brief respite
As work slows down;
When no new calls are made;
The clamour of the busy clinic stills.
~0~
He takes a walk
To clear his head,
This lonely Christmas Eve;
Meanders through the snow and bitter frost;
Preoccupied
With cases seen
And work still left to do;
Avoiding thoughts of those forever lost.
~0~
By accident,
He finds himself
Outside a parish church;
An organ plays, the midnight mass is due.
He hesitates
Then steps inside,
And unobtrusively
He settles in a dusty, wooden pew.
~0~
He hears the choir
Sing "Silent Night",
In clear toned harmony;
For him the world is rarely still and calm;
His days are spent,
Despite his loss,
Despite his world upturned,
In battles, keeping other men from harm.
~0~
No time to stop,
No time to think,
No empty hours to mourn,
No rest, no breathing space, no unfilled day.
A strategy
He's mastered well,
Keeps strains of violin,
And Mary's soft beloved voice at bay.
~0~
A tiring day,
Like those before,
He can't suppress a yawn;
A legacy of nights of broken sleep.
The carols act
As lullabies,
Which tell of kings and stars,
And shepherds with a lonely watch to keep.
~0~
A dusty pew,
A Midnight Mass;
An age-old story told,
New life and Peace on Earth, this Christmas morn.
As Mary's voice,
And violins
Are softly heard at last;
A sleepy doctor greets a brighter dawn.
~0~