14th Dec Prompt From BookRookie12: Worst enemy, best friend (not necessarily the same person)

A drabble

Worst enemy, best friend

Holmes watched the anxious doctor

Till he disappeared from view.

A dying Englishwoman?

Most unlikely to be true.

Another movement caught his eye,

Above and to the right;

A gaunt, familiar figure,

A not unexpected sight.

He gazed down at the waterfall,

His back against a rock,

His hands just resting lightly

On his sturdy alpine stock.

He smiled, and thought of Watson,

Out of reach and far from harm,

Then turned to Moriarty,

Raised his head, expression calm.

All fears about his best friend's fate

Now thankfully abated;

He stepped towards the drop where

His worst enemy now waited.

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