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Title: Thanks from the Inside (#3055)
Author: Viv
Chapters: 1

Archive: Firefly
Category: Prose
Description: River, not exactly what you'd call a religious gal, tries her hand at a prayer of thanks. (Post-Serenity, but no spoilers.)
Published: 03 Nov 2006
Updated: 03 Nov 2006
Warnings:
Type: General
Characters: River


Chapter 1 - Thanks from the Inside

God, these are my thanks,
whispered so no one else will hear
and launched into the vasty Black
like a love-bladed boomerang.
I read it all, you know, the Book,
both paper and sinew,
and understand the origin of things.

It all comes from you, apparently, so here:
Thanks for the genius
that cushions my solitude;
for the sometime intrusion of others
who share this strange space;
for the brother who learned to be fearless;
for the thrum of home beneath my feet;
for this family, better than the last;

and for the Captain's fierce love
that keeps us aloft.
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