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Title: Strength (#1269)
Author: saborice
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Bombadil's Corner
Description: A poem in Frodo's POV, about when the burden of the Ring is so great and he finally makes it to Mount Doom, thanks to Sam. (Just to make it clear, the "strength" I speak of is the strength between Frodo and Sam.) Please read and review.
Published: 18 Sep 2004
Updated: 18 Sep 2004
Warnings:
Type: Angst
Characters:


Chapter 1 - Strength

I have no strength left
Except for that in which I am given
The weight of water
Is far less than the weight I carry
This burden tears
Endlessly at my cold, clammy skin
Making each laceration deeper
As it cuts into my soul

The days seem endless
The nights are sleepless
And I walk on further
As if following a trail of breadcrumbs

I am a servant to this bringer of pain
It pulls on my cloak
And whispers lies into my ears
It calls to me and asks me my name
But I do not let it speak
For it would cast a spell on my wits
That have grown so weak as of late

My faith has vanished
Like so many friends
And my hope is set upon the edge of a knife
And when I can bare moving my limbs no longer
Strength carries me into the pits of hell
To rid me of this burden, this evil
Forever
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