A/n: yea, not mine, but that's kinda obvious...
Memories
pt 3: Math exam, Wednesday
Again I sit, my work complete,
waiting for the bell to ring
and the tests to be collected.
Light from the windows behind me
creates squares of light on my lenses.
The blocks enlarge, fill my head,
a dull roar growing louder,
and I am Crossing Over
into these memories I never had.
A dingy hotel room flashes by,
I catch man, woman and baby
just sitting there.
The scene is gone, replaced by
a clean apartment.
Someone is showering, then the water stops
and they emerge, a redhead,
familiar in her features
though we've never met.
She smiles, as if the sees me,
but I know it's the memories she enjoys now.
Then this, too, fades, all to black,
then a soaring feeling,
a roaring as I Cross Back,
and the classroom is in focus again.
These memories I never had
haunt by boring moments.
They change, from everyone dead
to everyone rescued, as if history
can't make up its mind.
These memories, snatched of the future,
don't make sense.
I feel alone with this gift,
not sure whether to believe what I see
or tell someone about them,
or just to ignore them.
But these memories I never had,
never will have,
and what I cling to in this place.
They keep me going.
And the bell rings, and the exam is over,
and I go back to class.
A/n: first 'memory' features Charlie, Claire, and Aaron (aka Turnip Head) after being rescued. second 'memory' is Kate after being rescued, dying her hair red to continue to run (as in 1x22, Born to Run).