A/N: Heck, I'm not even trying to continue my other story! But I will, soon enough.
Maglor is going by the colours of the rainbow, two stanzas for each. I changed the yellow into gold because it seemed more appropriate. By the way, I have absolutely no idea whether Fëanor's armour is gold or not…
Fine-tune the Colours
The only red I remember now
Is the blood of my kin on my hands
Unjustly spilled Telerin blood
Seeping soundlessly into the land.
-ooo-
But the red I want to remember
Is the fiery red of your hair
Because, brother, the grief of your death
Is a grief that is all mine to bear.
*-000-*
The only orange I remember now
Is the bright flame on Ard-galen
Unmerciful fire eating the land
Cruelly devouring the fallen.
-ooo-
But the orange I want to remember
Is the bright décor on high feast days
Even the ginger flowers of the Blessed Realm
Taken away from this wretched place.
*-000-*
The only gold I remember now
Is father's armour—from long ago
It keeps appearing in my mind's eye
The memory bothers my soul.
-ooo-
Now the gold I'd like to remember
Is the glorious shine of Laurelin
Back in the days of happiness
Before we knew any evil thing.
*-000-*
The only green I remember now
Is our wild and woodland Laiquendi life
Forget the pride and dignity of old
All that remains is pain and strife.
-ooo-
But the green I'd like to remember
Is the grass of lands ere their fall
Your March, my Gap, their other realms
And Beleriand, all in all.
*-000-*
The only blue I remember now
Is the blue I see everyday
A calm yet raging deep blue sea
That I watch from the shore in dismay.
-ooo-
Because the blue I'd like to remember
Is the shining blue of the sky
When we attended Mereth Aderthad
Long before the Pools were defiled.
*-000-*
The only purple I remember now
Is the sinister haze of battlefields
When people litter the foul smelling ground
Lying slain behind their swords and shields.
-ooo-
But the purple I want to remember
Is the purple of a clean sunset
The sun turning the horizon
Into a cool shade of velvet.
*-000-*
The only pink I remember now
Is the glare of the Silmaril against the sky
Shining rainbow, whistling through the air
I fell to my knees and watched it fly.
-ooo-
But the pink I'd like to remember
Is the bright interior of Formenos
Jewels glimmering in even pink
Before our great and grieving loss...