A/N: This little poem is dedicated to the Tree of Gondor (can you dedicate something to a fictional plant?). LOTR and the Tree belong to J.R.R. Tolkien. Enjoy~

-Larien 3


The White Tree

one solitary tree

alone in a courtyard of stone

branches

white as bone

standing starkly

against the black, fiery darkness

over the tiers and the domes and the tall white tower

and the impassive black stone wall

behind which

shadows hide and plot

but the tree

the white tree

stands above it all

a symbol

of hope in the darkness

until the king is come again

and the world

and the white city

are whole again

and finally

the white tree

will burst into flower~