Steely Whiteness

by Vasiliki

An Eowyn poem. One part of oneself has to die in order for another part to survive... but was it the right one?

Steely Whiteness

By Vasiliki, 13-5-2002

She didn't desire him, but to be him.


Seeking death

In his image and likeness

Riding forth

So fair, so desperate

Standing proud


She promptly fell amidst her shattered dreams.



Ordered back

From a cage to a cage

Going around, wasting

Fading

No window looking East

Giving up


"I will be a shieldmaiden no longer."



'At hour unbidden shall true love come'

Mourns secretly the tamed spouse


For Death happens only once

And forever lost to her

Is the steely whiteness of her world.