Ahh... a quick attempt at poetry. Hey, it's worth a shot, right? Send
ANYTHING to <schirmer@uslink.net>; flames, praise, whatever.

TITLE: "THE END THE BEGINNING"
AUTHOR: Josh Schirmer
E-MAIL: schirmer@uslink.net
FORWARDING NOTICE: Please put this on Gossamer, and forward to AXFC. Ask
before anywhere else.
SPOILERS: The End
RATING: G
CLASSIFICATION: P, A
SUMMARY: Scully's thoughts during the last scene of "The End", in quick
little poetry format.

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"THE END THE BEGINNING"
by Josh Schirmer

The tears of a friend,
The sweet smell of smoke,
The situation buckling
Like a bittersweet joke.
An insult to integrity,
A scoff at pushing on,
A losing battle still fighting,
Hope still does spawn.
A truth for a truth
And a lie for a lie.
Ashes and dust,
Another day goes by.
Things come unglued,
Good slips away,
A lost cause for lost souls,
On all pressures weigh.
Life lost and found,
Lost again in a shot.
Clinging to angst,
For it's all we've got.
Surrounded by death
With no signs of life,
Justice has faded,
Made way for strife.
Hope springs eternal,
Eternity doesn't last.
One moment is well,
Soon the moment does pass.
Change for the better,
For worse? Cannot say.
Things we once had a grip on
Have all slipped away.
It appears end's the beginning,
And beginning the end.
Left hear, lost in blackness,
Clinging to a friend.
Been through it all together,
Through wrong and through right.
All we're left with is ashes...

... and a future to fight.

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