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Fall at the Havens (Elrond POV)
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The leaves were falling on that fateful day
*****When Elros sailed away to Numenor.
And they fell, their whispers as softly fey
*****As Arwen rode away to Aragorn.
Is fall the parting season of this world?
As with the sapphire-wingéd winds we twirl?
*****My daughter and my twin have both chosen
A mortal life, free of this world’s confines.
*****I will not see Elros ever again.
Arwen, my child, is not lost to me yet,
But I will leave these shores as the sun sets.
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Fall in Ithilien (Faramir POV)
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The leaves are falling; time goes ever on
*****Around the endless circle of this life
The rain falls slowly ever and anon
*****Reminding us; on the edge of a knife
Bound to this life as by a single thread.
There is not much between us and the dead.
*****My brother’s of their number, so I know.
I can still feel his presence at my side.
*****But still the leaves fall, ever soft and slow.
Joined by the rain, water slowly falling.
But who knows what the sky’s clearing will bring?