3rd Dec prompt from BookRookie12: "This will end."
(Verse pattern inspired by Kipling)
This Will End
As London docks are sighted, as the fever dreams subside,
As wounds, sustained in battle, start to mend;
There's the glimmer of a whisper, under grief for those who died...
This will end, O Weary Doctor, this will end.
As he leans upon his cane, and he yearns for peace in vain,
And there's very little pension left to spend,
There's a fellow medic's care, and a man with rooms to share...
This will end, O Weary Doctor, this will end.
~0~
As he joins the Great Detective, in his mad pursuit of crime,
And as every new adventure's neatly penned,
There's a nagging vague suspicion that they're running out of time...
This will end, O Faithful Boswell, this will end.
There's a rushing waterfall, and an unexpected call,
There's an old and ailing patient to attend.
As he leaves the path alone, there's a voice he's always known...
This will end, O Faithful Boswell, this will end.
~0~
As he leaves the hectic courtroom, as he mulls upon the case,
As he mourns his darling wife and closest friend,
And he stumbles past a tradesman, there a fleeting sense of grace...
This will end, O Weary Doctor, this will end.
There's a knock upon the door, and a salesman seen before,
And a spark of hope he cannot comprehend,
As he takes an offered book, and a second startled look...
This will end, O Faithful Boswell, this will end.
~0~