The Light in the Darkness
By: Araphin
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Everything belongs to the brilliant J.R.R. Tolkien.
Feedback: Yes! Please tell me what you think! This is my first vignette, so be nice. However, constructive criticism is much appreciated! Thanks!
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It is raining still outside. I feel surrounded by death and despair, trapped in this growing darkness, and there is no way out. I have no comfort, save what hangs around my neck, a reminder of your love, the star that lights my way. I want to stay forever in the shelter of your grace, but the war keeps on raging, and I have promises to keep.
The sea calls you home, home where you belong. You go to the undying land, never to return, but please remember me. Remember that I love you more than life itself. I will do the same for you.
Do not weep for me; this is how it should be. You are destined to leave this cold world behind; I am doomed to die a mortal. But death is merely a horizon, and a horizon is nothing more than the limit of our site. Our love will live on forever; death cannot kill what never dies. Nothing can.
Here you come across two paths. One, an immortal life of heartache, the other a mortal life of love. You take the second path. Why? Do you not know I will not live forever? I will die an old man, leaving you behind to face eternity alone. No one will be there to comfort you. You have given away your life's grace for me.
Your fate is that of Luthien's, to die a mortal, of a broken heart. And you shall taste the bitterness of mortality. Half of me grieves at your choice, the other rejoices, for I would hate to see you go, my Evenstar, the light of your people and the light of my life.
But think not of the future. Think not of the shadow ahead, instead think of the joy and love soon to come. When this war is over, we shall see each other again. During my short, mortal life there shall always be a special place in my heart for you. It will never be empty, even when death takes me.
Now I am forced to come back to reality. It is raining still, and I am still trapped in this shadow. I wish I could keep the rain from falling. I wish I could paint the sun in the sky. Until those happy days come, there is to be more death and tears.
If I am to die in this war, please do not forget me. Do not leave me in this shadow. My only wish is to see you again before I die. If I do not get my wish, please remember that my love for you is stronger than this rain and shadow. It is all that shines through the darkness. Until this storm is over, my Evenstar.
By: Araphin
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Everything belongs to the brilliant J.R.R. Tolkien.
Feedback: Yes! Please tell me what you think! This is my first vignette, so be nice. However, constructive criticism is much appreciated! Thanks!
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It is raining still outside. I feel surrounded by death and despair, trapped in this growing darkness, and there is no way out. I have no comfort, save what hangs around my neck, a reminder of your love, the star that lights my way. I want to stay forever in the shelter of your grace, but the war keeps on raging, and I have promises to keep.
The sea calls you home, home where you belong. You go to the undying land, never to return, but please remember me. Remember that I love you more than life itself. I will do the same for you.
Do not weep for me; this is how it should be. You are destined to leave this cold world behind; I am doomed to die a mortal. But death is merely a horizon, and a horizon is nothing more than the limit of our site. Our love will live on forever; death cannot kill what never dies. Nothing can.
Here you come across two paths. One, an immortal life of heartache, the other a mortal life of love. You take the second path. Why? Do you not know I will not live forever? I will die an old man, leaving you behind to face eternity alone. No one will be there to comfort you. You have given away your life's grace for me.
Your fate is that of Luthien's, to die a mortal, of a broken heart. And you shall taste the bitterness of mortality. Half of me grieves at your choice, the other rejoices, for I would hate to see you go, my Evenstar, the light of your people and the light of my life.
But think not of the future. Think not of the shadow ahead, instead think of the joy and love soon to come. When this war is over, we shall see each other again. During my short, mortal life there shall always be a special place in my heart for you. It will never be empty, even when death takes me.
Now I am forced to come back to reality. It is raining still, and I am still trapped in this shadow. I wish I could keep the rain from falling. I wish I could paint the sun in the sky. Until those happy days come, there is to be more death and tears.
If I am to die in this war, please do not forget me. Do not leave me in this shadow. My only wish is to see you again before I die. If I do not get my wish, please remember that my love for you is stronger than this rain and shadow. It is all that shines through the darkness. Until this storm is over, my Evenstar.