19 DAYS

In 19 days, it will be all over.

The world will have changed

for better and worse

richer and poorer�

In 19 days

she'll be in the white room

paying fealty to a new lord

altering her identity

going on that sweet voyage for another lunar trip.

In 19 days, it all changes.

In 19 days, she'll be gone

from here

from me

from everything I hold dear.

In 19 days, I will have lost irrevocably

the opportunity to win her.

In just 19 days�

It doesn't leave me much time�