"How?" Copyright 2001 by Phylis Sullivan. 
 Permission
 to post on FKfic-1 site and,FKfanfic2
 This poem is based on characters from the Forever
 Knight TV show, which are owned by Sony/Tristar and
 no
 infringement is intended.
 
 Thanks to Patty for betta reading and finding the
 quote I was looking for.  The quote comes from the
 episode "Only The Lonely".
 
 
 
 
 
                         How ?
 
                 How could this happen?
                         How?
 
                   I am a scientist.
            As a scientist I am an observer.
             I cannot lose my objectivity...
                   become involved.
                      But, I did.
           I told myself that my interest
            in you was purely scientific.
            After all, "Solving a puzzle is
                its own reward for me."
 
           How those words mock me, taunt me.
            How could my heart betray me so?
 
         I know it didn't happen overnite.
      Little by little you took a piece of my heart.
        With every smile, every touch they went.
            Until you possessed all of it.
 
               How can I lie anymore?
                To myself, to you.
        In your arms I feel safe, I feel loved.
      Your touch sends shivers of longing thru me.
        I cannot deny my feelings any longer.
 
     I see, in your eyes, the love you feel for me.
 
 I also see the vampire and his desire to consume me.
                  I should be afraid.
                    I should run.
                      But if I do,
             I will be incomplete, empty.
 
               How can we be together?
                   I am not sure.
       All I know is that I can no longer be empty.
       What ever happens, I want to be with you.
        If that means an eternity in darkness,
       at least it will be an eternity with you.
 
 Let me know what you think.  Phylis {Knightfilli}