drumbeats roll
flames flicker
friends flee
Orcs snicker
friends race
for Khazad-dûm
trying to
escape the gloom
new threat
is perceived
worse yet
than first believed
Wizard turns
summons power
Elf wails
Dwarf cowers
Balrog towers
overhead
eternal shadow
wreathed in red
"You cannot pass!"
bridge crumbles
staff shatters
Balrog tumbles
whip of flame
wraps around
the Wizard's knees
drags him down
friends fly
full of sorrow
no hope
for the morrow
drumbeats roll
flames flicker
friends flee
Orcs snicker
