Galadriel's Greed

on July 25. © All rights reserved

Even in youth, she placed a circlet on her head
Galadriel, simple Galadriel, an elf
wanted a kingdom to rule over, herself.
She rebelled, knowing she could come to be dead
risking life, to have a crown set upon her head
It took years before she had a kingdom herself,
the land of LothLorien, where lived only elves.
Because of her choices, many fair elves lay dead.

In youth, we all make mistakes; go off of the path.
Galadriel was no different, but perhaps,
Middle Earth was forever altered by her choice.
Though many died, elf, dwarf, and man; the aftermath
could have been much worse, Sauron might not have collapsed
had Galadriel, long ago, not made that choice