Declaimer: I do not own Lord of the Rings and make no money from this.

Summary: My take on what Frodo thought and felt during the quest

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Only To Them
by Kalika

Cold, dark, and alone.
My burden grows ever heavier.
Strong and hard as the mountain
I must be lest my will desert me.

Lives hang still in the balance.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

Faces I have never seen
And that never have seen me,
Wait unknowingly for the outcome
As cold fear clouds my mind.

Lives hang week to the threads of fate.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

And slowly I trudge onwards.
Never shall my life be the same.
My life belongs not to me,
But to those who wait unknowingly.

Lives hang heavy on my burden.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

Low now hangs my head.
Forward my path lies.
But "back" my being does cry.
Alone, I stop and weep.

Lives hang still and unmoving.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

A companion I may have,
But truly I am alone.
This quest belongs to me.
I have no choice in this.

Lives hang cold on my conscience.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

My heart is weak and despairing.
Too much, is this, for one
So weak and unworthy.
Why did fate deal me these cards?

Lives hang hard on my hands.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

Forwards I crawl.
The end is in sight.
The Unknowns haunt my thoughts;
May they live and have peace.

Lives hang clear in my mind.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

My task is finished.
The cold and dark come.
It seems I know the Unknowns, finally,
But now they will never know me.

My life I cannot save.
My responsibility is to them;
Only to them.

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Note: This was a separate document before but I decided to join it with
it's two companion pieces as chapters. Next up is Sam.