| Frodo Upon the Mountain Soon all that will be left will be darkness and my own pleading. There is no light, there is no voice..... no, not one sound, not even that One, inside my mind. Only emptiness. Even being filled by That was, at least, being filled. Even then, somehow, i knew i was alive. i lived because You wanted me to. How can i live, now, how shall i live, now? Please.... Please. i need. i need. i do not know who i am. i do not know if i have ever known. There are no memories of what went before, no hope for what shall come after. How can there be? You took all with you. It is of no matter if i end here.... i wish to end here. i wish to forget the only thing that i can remember, the only thing i desire, the only thing i shall never have. |
Sam Upon the Mountain Never has one been so cruelly used. I can stop the bright drops which fall like red petals upon the ground at our feet, I can dry the tears that come after…. My hand can deaden the despairing voice that cries out hopelessly. One of you Wise folk tell me, please, what I must do after.... One of you tell me, right quick, tell me why See, if it had been me, I would be dead, all of me, all.... gone. But it was not me. What am I to do, now? I do not know how I know, but you are not there. It is not there. There is nothing left, just a body, empty, crying for what it does not even remember, mingling its blood with forgetful dust, trembling in fear of a darkness it cannot help but desire. A year ago, I would not have had these thoughts..... a year ago, I would not have needed to. Like the tormented wind that lives upon this hateful mountain, my anger rises. We have come this far. I will not leave you, (not again), nor will I allow you to leave me. Not like this. O, no, I swear, not like this. Until there is no more breath left, until crawling fire covers us, I will speak to you of Home and all the kind, little things we left behind. At least, if we end here, may it be granted that you see Home within the sound of my voice. If we end here, may it be granted that I see you, seeing it. |
