Far From Home

by Aralome Finarfin

Can be read from any Elf's POV on their last day in Middle Earth before leaving for Valinor.

FAR FROM HOME

The sun is rising,

And I am far from home.

Gulls wheel and cry overhead;

The Sea is near,

I can hear its call,

Pulling me,

Away from these shores,

Away from my home.

Soon I will see it;

A glittering blue,

Stretching beyond the horizon.

A ship waits

To carry me away,

Away, never to return.

The thought saddens me,

But I am powerless.

I cannot stay.

I do not wish to leave.

We board the ship, My kin and I.

Turn around one last time;

A sight never to be seen again.

The sun is rising,

And I am far from home.