"Someone Like Me," a _Forever Knight

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Someone Like Me
July-August 2002
last modified August 25, 2002
by Amy R.
Disclaimers, citations and credits appear in the endnote of this Forever Knight fanfiction poem.
 
On a good day, I know that I
am not the first to walk this road.
They left tracks for me to follow,
those unknown saints who succeeded
in escaping this life alive.
Once, anciently, in India,
someone like me sought for a cure
and found it, and a Sanskrit scribe
entered it in the Abbarratt
to treat this evil infection.

And in the Mayan Empire
someone else like me craved release
and took it, and a craft master
carved it in ritual jade cups
as a key to this dark prison.

When Mississauga wisdom soared,
someone like me could beg cleansing
and receive it, and heritage
preserved the talent and teaching
of purging this cursed corruption.

When I think on the hope I share
with those dead who won through to life
I'm less alone. In company,
I take a step and make it through
one more day -- and it's a good day.

END
 
Endnote:

Disclaimers

James Parriot and Barney Cohen created the Forever Knight characters. The Sony Corporation owns them. They appear periodically on the SciFi Channel and the SPACE Channel. I intend no infringement. Please support Sony, SciFi and SPACE in all their Forever Knight endeavors!

All characters and situations depicted in this fantasy fan poem are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or experiences is purely coincidental.

Citations

The second stanza references the episode "1966," the third "Dark Knight," and the fourth "Blackwing." The first-person narration is Nick's, of course.

For those interested in mechanics: the poem is five tetrameter quintains (two-syllable feet, but irregular scansion).

Credits

My thanks go to Shelley for responding to two early drafts of this poem, and prompting a realignment of stanza four.

Please do not archive, post or otherwise distribute this piece; you're welcome to link to it here on my site. I wrote "Someone Like Me" in July 2002, revised it through August, and posted it to fkfic-l and archived it to my website on August 25, 2002.

Thank you for reading. I always appreciate comments and constructive criticism and, though sometimes it takes a while, I also always answer them. Please email me or write to me on my LiveJournal or Dreamwidth.

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