FIC: Torchwood (poem) - Time Present

[fajrdrako]

Title: Time Present
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: fajrdrako
Characters: Jack
Genre: Poem #3
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers, though there are references to "Ghost Machine". Jack's voice. Cross-posted to my LJ and torch_wood. Third in a series following Endings and Beginnings and Notes for Gwen Cooper. With thanks to damalan and fatchickengirl for inventing the form.



Time Present

Ghosts of beautiful lost lovers,
Happiness: images from dreams.
On the TARDIS, Rose Tyler's laugh,
Stronger still than once-upon-a-
Time, her journey ending elsewhere.

Memory is a trickster's ruse.
Assorted friends, fights, sex, signposts,
Candy wrappers with the sweets gone.
Hovering here at the threshold,
Impossible fresh happenings,
New adventures arouse hopes and
Excitement. Life? It's fantastic.

~ ~ ~

Comments

[damalan.livejournal.com]

Hey, it feels good to still be getting credit, even though you've now written more of them. ;)

I like the linking back to Rose, a reminder of other ghosts past, far beyond reach. "Candy wrappers with the sweets gone" is a superb metaphor for these emotional ghosts.

More please! :)

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

feels good to still be getting credit

Seems only fair to give it where it's due.

I'm delighted you liked my candy wrapper metaphor!

More to come; I'm planning to post one per day.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

Excellent! The Rose reference is my favorite, too.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!