Sams Lament by Happy_Hobbit
Here where darkness gathers
Here where death holds sway
Together we’ll wait for whatever
For a new Dawn or the end of Days
You did not choose this course freely
The offer was never yours to make
Fate made the decision for you
The ringbearer must decicde Middle Earths fate
I’ve watched you through all of your Journey
The high points and all of the lows
I’ve seen you suffer the ring
Overcomming both fear and foes
I’ve seen you bear this burden
Watched as you put others first
You sought to lessen their sorrows
But it is you that has suffered the worst
Slowly you succumbed to its evil
It tore you from reason, from friends
I followed, It was my destiny to do so
To be with you at journeys end
Now that the ring is destroyed
Now you have finished this task
I’ll hold you my dear Frodo
Until death claims us at last
4 Comments
Geat poem, funny and emotional, thanks for your effort to create such a great poem
Sniff, sniff. Very beautiful, very sad. Don’t make me cry anymore than I already do when I read the books!
Sad indeed, and very well written. If might humbly submit a criticism or a suggestion, then I would say this. I think the Lament would be made more poignant by a little insert of Sams characterstic speech. Though that may make it too sad and so my suggestion might be ruiness. So that’s all. A great work still in the numbers of Tolkien’s fans’ works.
one word; WOW!