AN: Reading guide - lines directed at Sam are regular, lines directed at Sauron are italic, and lines meant for both are bold.

To Sam and Sauron

I am numb, nothing, no one anymore. I am a vessel. Fill me. I want your warmth. I want your arms around me, cradling and caressing me like before. I want your heat. I want that burning back, that power inside me as my body breaks down.

I am fruitless, failing, falling for you. I want to live again. I want life in me. I want to submit to you. I want to stand, shout, and bring the world to a new order. I envy your wife the child within her. I am hollow and want to carry it for you.

I am lonely, lovelorn, and lost. I've been cloven in half. There is nothing now that can heal me. I love you. I don't know if I'm in love with you, but I love you. I long for you. You understand my darkest secrets and welcome the monster within.

I am hopeless, horrible, and unhappy. I lie alone in the dark. I clutch at the chain round my throat. I want to find you. Your spirit is now splintered and helpless, like mine. I need to let you go. I can't keep you, but I can't keep you out of my heart.

I am fettering, false, and fated. I use people. I tricked Gollum and flattered Faramir. I took advantage of your love. I would have let you throw away your life for me. I used your Ring to feel strong. If I had had the strength though, I would have destroyed you.

I am naked, neglectful, and nobody's. I am open for interpretation. I am a host. I gave you my body. You wore it down to bones. I gave you my home. It's your home now, and I, the overstaying guest, must go.

Yours forever,

Frodo