<USS Avalon> Sail Me Away
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- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 04:04:14 EDT
Sail Me Away
by Phillipa Waterson
Phillipa returned to her quarters after the talk with the Counselor. She
transfixed on a point of light in the deep reaches of space. "Computer, play
'Sail Me Away', Earth early 21st century".
Sitting in the window seat she listened as the music began. Her eyes closed
When stars are born, are they cast out
To wander cold and lonely lost in space?
A loveless point of light that can't return
Forever fixed within one place
When love is lost and dreams are cast
Like bruised and battered pieces left to die,
When hands that reach out are betrayed
How can my tortured soul survive?
Her hands touched the glass. When she opened her eyes, her mind showed
three young children in the reflection, running and playing around the
quarters. The girl picking on the two boys like she was one herself.
Phillipa smiled, knowing that this would be what they would have been.
There's only thing left
And that's the one thing that you needed most of all,
For the freedom that you gained
Is the loss that led me aimless to the shore.
And I'm borne high on these waves
Swept by the wind and alone.
Oh, sail me away, carry me back to my home.
I'm tired, I've been torn,
A cruel, wretched storm churns like a gale in my bones.
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Phillipa knew what she needed to do. She would return to her duties, her
home where she belonged. And try to move past the pain. She stood and went
in
and put on her uniform. Combing her hair and sliding into the uniform. Her
hands absently running over her abdomen.
These scars run deep,
The future holds a hunger for your innocence
That passed away.
Your callous shadows mock
And make it clear some things
Were not enough to make you stay.
A few tears rolled down her cheek, as she finished getting ready in front of
the mirror, the children, now grown and in their own uniforms were reflected
back to her. The boys looked like John, the girl, like her. Her hand
covered her mouth, as she tried not to cry. Fighting back the tears, she
finished
getting dressed.
The moment time stands still
Is the moment that the writing's on the wall.
The words are clear as ringing bells,
That pride was present right before the fall.
And I'm borne high on these waves
Swept by the wind and alone.
Oh, sail me away, carry me back to my home.
I'm tired, I've been torn,
A cruel, wretched storm churns like a gale in my bones.
Oh sail me away, carry me back to my home.
Finally complete, the music stopped. Fixing the pips on her collar, taking
a deep breath, and with a tug at her uniform, she walked out of her quarters
and entered the lift, "Bridge."
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For reference and the actual stage video:
'Sail Me Away' from 'Lestat'
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI2kkwaqYKc_
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI2kkwaqYKc)
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