This story is a work of colorful and slashy fiction. Names, 
characters, places and incidents have been long-standing
slaves of Paramount Pictures. Any resemblance to actual 
events or locales or persons, living or dead, is probably
because the author has written too many of these already.
Forgive her.

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consciously anyway.


TITLE:   SOLITUDE
AUTHOR:  BGM
RATING:  PG-13
PAIRING: Garak

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Solitude
by
Sophie Masse

In my heart I hear but a whisper, 
A whisper of a love I thought long withered away.  
And in that glimmer of light, 
Which finds itself so immersed in darkness, 
I find hope, and perhaps even salvation, 
Discovering a secure knowledge 
That perhaps one day my love will be accepted.  
And it is that single possibility 
Which keeps my heart at a rhythm, 
For without even hope to brighten my future, 
My pulse would dwindle to a whisper so faint 
No one but the Great Gul himself would hear it.  
Thus abandoned and unloved, 
My life would end, 
My body merely a vehicle for an empty soul, 
Limbs working for a mind long atrophied 
By solitude's unforgiving hand.
And in what do I see this light of hope?
In a trusting soul which has opened itself to me,
A friendly hand pulling me away from darkness,
A youthful bronze face hiding a confidant,
A lover perhaps lurking beneath.
If I can unlock my heart once again,
I would open it to him.
My love;  I hope you know the combination.
  
THE END