# Incomplete Life Portrait

Author: Dakhil
Tags: Badger, Fox, London, Lynx, Male/Male, New York City, Poetry, Wolf

I wanted to thank  Tiberius Rings for writing and sharing Come to Dust and Burn Down the Tower. So I've decided to do so by writing a piece of literature based on Come to Dust and Burn Down the Tower. (I did ask  Tiberius Rings for permission to do so, which I was fortunately granted, so thank you.)
I originally planned on writing a short story, but I felt like my idea for the short story was way too dark. But after listening to a song titled "Family Portrait" from a group named Epik High, I've decided to write a poem.
Do beware that the poem probably contains spoilers from Come to Dust and Burn Down the Tower. There's a possibility I've made errors with respect to the characters and the story, so my apologies.
Although I personally don't expect Simon to be writing a poem, Incomplete Life Portrait is written from Simon's perspective. (And although Come to Dust and Burn Down the Tower is written in US English when in Simon's point of view, I wrote Incomplete Life Portrait in UK English since Simon's originally from England.)
So time frame wise, I intended the poem to take place in the range of from the beginning of Come to Dust until Chapter 8 in Burn Down the Tower.
Anyway, I hope someone likes the poem in spite of me being a complete amateur at writing poems. Constructive criticisms are always welcome, so I can understand what I can approve on.
The Come to Dust and Burn Down the Tower characters in Incomplete Life Portrait are copyrighted to  Tiberius Rings.

As far as I know  
I have no one I can call family, but Alister, Professor Bensley  
_And Alister  
As far as I know_ _I have no one I can confide in, but Gideon, my dear friend  
And my first love_ No matter what the world throws at me  
I could rest assured everyone that I've hold dear  
Has my back  
  
But in a series of unfortunate events, I've encountered Spring Heeled Jack  
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in the flesh  
And one by one, I've lost almost everyone I've hold dear  
Gideon, with a sudden love declaration, risked his life to protect me  
And I've ran from my only home in London into the unknown New York City  
  
Even with Rut and Fiz by _my side_  
I wander around the unknown New York City as a scared, lost one  
_As I look at us in the photo  
As I look at us in the flesh  
I've come to a realisation  
In this cruel world, we've aged_

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