"Sorting My Life Times" (by Pat Harkin) Aurora, We had a good thing going before the end of our worlds. I searched for you in the ruins but there was nothing to find because you were alive and when you came back I imagined forever, thought I'd win you back forever, but you were Damon's hope and future, and I realized you were my past. Athena, I have to admit it wasn't real with you. I played at love and you were sweet, and the sister of my best friend. Afer the destruction, it seemed you were my lifeline, and I thought we could be forever, hoped we would be forever, because else I had nothing but ashes and the present was empty. Cassiopeia, You stepped out of the shadows when I was hurting and empty and for all your wiles and skills I thought it was just a game at first. But now I know that if anyone can be forever, if I have any hope of forever, it's going to be with you and the future will be worth it. If I measure my life and the passage of my time by the women I've known and loved, or thought I loved, and considered forever with, my life's been rich and full as any man could ask. But such a decision shouldn't be rushed, and there will be time. There must be time...