Alone Agein (naturally)

Posted on Thu Feb 15th, 2024 @ 6:40am by Captain Gary Taylor

Mission: Season 6: Episode 4: Memory Lane
Location: Sicjkbay
535 words - 1.1 OF Standard Post Measure

OOC: Sickbay

IC:

Gary lay alone on his bio bed in sickbay, He was alone, No nurses, no CMO no Lia or little Lia, His fever had broken from whatever alien infection he had picked up but dueing that periond he had dreamed of Lia and his love for her and hers for hin and the difficult time she was still having. He dreamed of their daughter little Lia who had wrapped herself around his heart in just a few short months, He loved both Lias fiercely. Of course, he dreamed of Catlin. Dear, sweet Catlin, his first wife who he still loved,

Yet... here he was alone. He seemed to be alone so much of his life. Working for Admiral Zhukov as her favorite pup. Grey Wolf, assassin of legend. A fact very few knew about and then various assignments until he arrived here on the Elysium, XO to the young in age but wise beyond her years Phoenix Lalor. It was also where he met Lia Holmes and fell in love after a rocky beginning, They later married and adopted little Lia. He sighed inwardly as he thought of a song that conveyed how he felt at this precise moment. "Computer." He croaked his voice hoarse from the illness. "Play Alone Again (Naturally) by Gilbert O'Sullivan." A moment later the poignant words of the Irish O'Sullivan filled the room as Gary softly sang along.

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it's like when you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

As Gary softly sang, tears trickled down his face. He truly was alone again naturally.