Once Upon a Time, A King Built a City by poetanddidntknowit34, literature
Literature
Once Upon a Time, A King Built a City
Once upon a time, there lived a king.
Not a typical king, one who lived on a throne of gold and governed adoring citizens, no this king lived in a palace of information that all living things in the area had forced him to build with big locks and heavy doors. The King kept everyone out, though no one wanted in in the first place. There were no knocks on the heavy doors, and the keys were left to rust.
The Mind Palace was organized with the utmost precision. No dust was allowed to collect, no piece of information was stored, moved, or deleted without express permission from The King. The halls were many, and the rooms even more numerous, eac
To John H. Watson, by poetanddidntknowit34, literature
Literature
To John H. Watson,
Roses have thorns,
Violets have few.
John, I'd do anything,
Even burn for you.
But now is not the time
For sentiments this way,
Because I still have
Many things to say.
I took to the ledge
To save you from me.
Didn't know what'd kill you
Is your undying loyalty.
I couldn't be what you wanted,
So you have to let me go.
Don't fill up my 'grave'
With regrets and woe.
The Reichenbach Fall
Boasts of my best.
Too bad you didn't know,
And laid me to rest.
But I'll 'rise' again soon,
And bring you along, too.
We'll rebuild our home,
Making each brick anew.
New house, new home,
But same old life.
We'll be at 221 always,
I'll
Sherlock Holmes rolled up the left sleeve of his dress shirt and ran a finger down the porcelain skin of his forearm, resting on the scarred crook of his elbow. He clenched his fist and a blue vein revealed itself under the milky white barrier. Sherlock smiled and reached up to the mantle. He took down his bottle and his syringe, sighing with relief as he filled the syringe with his old friend. But before he could get the relief he wanted, the syringe was gone from his hand. Looking up, he saw John Watson holding it in a firm grip. "Give it back, John." Sherlock held out his hand for the drug.
"No." John held it away from him at arm's length