FORMS	

Adrift, abandoned by my own,
  I create links where I can.

Shapeshifter / Solid / Changeling once more.

You were the first to see me as a person,
Naming me,
	"Constable."
When I first saw you, I felt a connection.
But I did not know, then, that what I felt 
  would blossom into love.
Loving you in silence.
And in loneliness.
Watching the others come and go.
Feeling pride myself whenever you spoke 
  of your beloved Bajor.
And being happy for you when your homeland 
  became free.

Shapeshifter / Solid / Changeling once more.

Missing the smells.
And the tastes.  
Your own special scent.
Which I can no longer perceive.
	No more.
		Never again.
I never told you that I liked 
  the smell of you.
Would have liked to have tasted you.
Anywhere.
But I could not tell you so, and such 
  opportunity will not pass my way again.
As I am now, I could not tell you 
  of my love for you, but that future self, 
  missing you so terribly after your death, 
	did.
So now you know.
My speculations on the future both elate 
  and terrify me.


And, Nerys, will you still be my friend?




			Lynette Lilly
			10 April 1998


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