The pain was like lightening stinging, riples of chilly water that pounded in waves and made thin breath falter and jump. And yet a safe, comfortable blackness loomed over Frodo, like a firm bed after a hard day's work. But he could not reach it, for he felt himself fading into cold mud rather than being lifted into warm dark. A crystal tear ran down, lonesome, from the corner of his eye, as we awaited the relief in which he'd say "At last".
But it never came. Frodo lost his grip on the dagger of red silver, small and swift, and it fell to the ground, on a thin puddle of blood.
His head was aching, as if the rain outsider pounded down on himself. What had he done? Why had he failed, and why was he broken, drained of life, flushed with redness on his cheeks. Shame. It was it, the black fog that blinded him, buried him in the darkest of barrows, where black riders loomed, and dark wings, oily hands, white eyes... all reaching out for him. And sorrow, heavy, as heavy as the ghost of the Eye, heavy like bruises on his chest, nesting on his heart, wrapped up around his ribs like cobwebs.
Frodo sobbed once, but had not enough breath to do it again. He felt himself fading, finally fading into forgetfulness. His heart sighed, and he let out his last warm breath through his lips.
'Mr. Frodo!'
He was propped up, held in familiar arms. His wound shrieked.
Sam blinked, everything dawning on him like a bright light, intense and flashing, and crimson, everywhere it was now.
'Oh... oh my! ,what have you done!'
Sam ripped the sheets from 's bed and wrapped them around his master's torso as quickly as he could.
'Stay with me, please! Stay.'
Frodo nested his head on Sam's arm, very pale and cold was his skin.
'There now.' said Sam, 'Just don't-'
The grip was slippery, and Frodo lost it, as it rolled out of reach, and he saw dark spots before him, shielding him from Sam, until he thought he had gone blind. However, it felt to him as if he was finally allowed to rest his weary eyes, and lay back in a sea of velvet of the deepest midnight black.