This came up randomly after talking to friend about The Eye, Elizabeth's PoV and even though I wrote it with one ship in mind you could bring your own ship pretty much.

Spoilers: For Season One episodes up until The Eye.

This is my own poetry to which I retain copyright - no archiving/usage without my permission.


Does you life flash before your eyes ?
Right before, when you're sure you're going to die?
Do you see everything, how it was meant to be?
All the mistakes magnified.
Regret, sorrow- amplified.

What do you see?
In those frozen fearful moments
Filled only by the sound of the angry sea
And his desperate pleas

What you wanted to be all those years ago
And what you became; what you are
Was it the same and do you care?
Because they say it all becomes crystal clear
Thoughts set in place, no room for doubt
Except that you wonder
That you wish it could all be different

And now, standing there, what do you want?
If you had a chance to change.
Half a life given back; bargained.
What is it that you miss?
A guilt because it's not what you always thought
Not who you should long for in this daze

Does you life flash before your eyes ?
Yes.
Maybe.
What I want it to be; in the future taken away from me.

Just a second to see
Just a second for life to be over
Just a second for life to be back
A hope revived, body breathing again
A relief;
And a fear too, in anticipation
Of time to make it real.