a/n: a poem starting with a line from the ACD original tale "His Last Bow"
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POV of Holmes
Good old Watson!
You are the one fixed point in a changing age;
A lighthouse steady in a wave-lashed sea;
A rock-solid beacon in a changing world;
A sure, fixed light wherever storms may be.
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An east wind's coming and the days are chilled;
You mark the shadows and you watch the skies;
Many souls won't make it through this darkened age;
I pray you'll be one who greets the next sunrise.
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The point is near when we will have to part;
There's a good deal more which I would like to say.
Though we're called to service, Watson, just for now
We are two old friends above a moonlit bay.
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As we stand together in a star-filled light;
We are both prepared to face a long, cold night.
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The peace of this moment and the moonlit bay
Will not be forgotten, Watson, come what may.
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a/n2: the full quote is
"Good old Watson! You are the one fixed point in a changing age. There's an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet. It will be cold and bitter, Watson, and a good many of us may wither before its blast. But it is God's own wind none the less, and a cleaner, better stronger land will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared." -Arthur Conan Doyle.
Lines 2 to 14 each contain a different word from the title and first line.