A/N : This was written in Chemistry class, amid covalent bonds and electron dot structures *snorts*. Frodo and Sam in Mordor. My first post to ff.net! Reviews welcome.

Rating : G

Disclaimer : ( not sure if it's really necessary here, but anyway) I do not own Frodo or Sam, long live Tolkien, and this is just a... a piece of verse inspired by certain events in his book 'The Lord of the Rings', which I do not own either. If that's not already obvious. But I do own said piece of verse.

Going On

I cannot go on, he thinks as weary feet
Stumble against unflinching rock.

I cannot go on, he thinks, throat
Constricting, cold flesh shivering anew with
Consciousness, and the world slips suddenly from
Under him, slips away, toward the poisoned torpor that--

Strong arms catch him before he falls. Startled back
From the blinding dark that is more real than the
Soft shroud of uneasy sleep, he gasps,
Hoarse still with despair, despair brimming over...

I cannot go on, he thinks, fingers sliding upward slowly, but
Warmer hands draw them gently down again.

/ / /

And his eyes, seeing once more, seek to find a glimmer of strength
In the other's;
Find resolution desperate as rage, find
Love
Like light.
Bleeding within, burning without, but not broken yet,
He clenches groaning fists around grim air.

I must.

/ / /

They go on.

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