DISCLAIMER: The Star Trek characters are the property of Paramount Studios, Inc and Viacom. The poem contents are the creation and property of Djinn and is copyright (c) 2001 by Djinn. This story is Rated G.

Requiem

by Djinn

I lost you

on bloody sands.

Ancient and honored traditions

that confuse and kill.

My own hands

the weapon used

to bring you down.

I lost you

a handful of times.

You disappeared

then came back.

Cheated death.

Laughed

in its face.

I lost you

in coldest space.

A ship too wounded to move.

Your face the last thing

I would see.

I gave my life

to keep you safe.

I lost you,

was nowhere near.

The Enterprise needed you.

Not your ship

but you saved her

and our friends.

Then disappeared.

I lose you

one final time.

Now that I have ceased to mourn,

was unaware you even lived.

You die again.

This final blow

the greatest one of all.

Jim.

FIN