Like clouds across the sun,

At the very break of day,

So I feel your love surround me

To protect me come what may.

Like the wind I hear that hisses,

Through the trees outside our home,

So I hear your footsteps,

And know I’m not alone.

But I am.

Sat cradled in this chair,

The sun upon my face,

Crying anguished tears of loneliness

No imagination can erase.

The child within me stirs

As if to share my pain,

Making me stare across the pretty lawn,

And devoutly wish for rain.

Yeah, right Carter.

They tell me that you’re not dead Jack

That tomorrow you’ll be home.

So each day I wait here patiently,

And wait for them to phone.

No one ever does.

Like clouds across the sun,

At the very eve of day,

So I need your love around me

To protect me come what may.

Like the evening wind that hisses,

Through the trees outside my home,

I no longer hear your footsteps,

And know that I’m alone.

It hurts.

More so than a bullet

More than a Goa’uld.

It hurts so bad.

Each day I sit here crying

Trying to be strong

But how can I still face the world

When half of me is gone?

Every fiber of my being

Knows you are alive somehow

But if rescue was an option

You would be home by now

You’re not coming back.

My brain knows this.

My body says it lies.

The velvet night is soothing

Against my tearstained cheeks

Curled up here slowly dying

As I have been for weeks

I have lost my rock, my anchor

The keeper of my soul

And despite the gift of friendship

I can no longer say I’m whole.

I have shattered

Into tiny pieces.

Pieces that lie twinkling

In the light

Of a thousand planets.

He is gone

They have come

To tell me this

And the pain

Is indescribable.

"Major?"

"We’ve found him."

"Alive."

The moon is softly glowing now

Another day is done.

But soon you will come home to me

To share tomorrow with your son.

EINDE

BetaTested by CiGiK - Cape Town, South Africa - 4th October 2003