Disclaimer: No, I do not own Lord of the Rings, or any copyrighted work for that matter. I just write down the words that run through my head…

This is a kind of re-write of an earlier poem, with the same title, which I deleted in order to make better and canonical. I hope I did okay; I re-read some stuff and did borrow and integrate some of the phrases from the appendices of Lord of the Rings; see what you think.

In Gondor,

In the House of Kings

Where death weighs heavy on the air

Aragorn spoke one word,

"Farewell!"

And passed beyond, how long, how far?

The king is dead,

The queen remains,

Crying of hope with eyes now dark.

She leaves her children

Grieving still

And journeys on, how long, how far?

To Lorien

Beneath the trees

Who still remember elven songs.

In shadowed light

Of winter dawn

Where memory calls, how long, how far?

In silent lands

She dwelt alone

Bearing the anguish of mortality.

For love there is a price

To pay

Beyond death's shores, how long, how far?

When leaves fell

Golden as god's tears

Arwen walked cross glade and glen,

To Cerin Amroth

Where once

They pledged to love, how long, how far?

Bitter is

The Doom of Men

Bitter Arwen's grief in Lorien.

"I died for love,"

Said Evenstar

And then she fell, how long, how far?

Far enough

And long enough

For sorrow, but not for despair.

Because for love

There is no price

That is too much payment for the lover.

Whatever the fate

Of those who pass

Beyond the circles of the world,

I hope in darkness

Arwen walks

Beside the soul of Aragorn.

A/N: Just back to say that you should hit the pretty button right there, you know the one with the green letters on it? c'mon. It's a love story. Review the love story, people!