I love you
As a friend
Remember that Samwise Gamgee
I'll love you 'til the end
But now I must leave you
I may never be coming back
I have to leave
Or my future would be black
You followed me into the darkness of Mordor
You stayed with me and kept me strong
You never left me, even when I was horrid
You kept me company on my journey so long
But you can't come with me this time
I must go alone
With Bilbo to Grey Havens
And it pains me to the bone
If I stay the poisoned wound will always burn
The pain will never go away
This is one wound you cannot heal
That is why I cannot stay
Yet when I leave
I know my heart will ache
But I have to remain strong
For your sake
I have no choice but to leave
It has been my fate since the start
So I shall be smiling when I leave you
But it will be breaking my heart
You have always been my closest friend
So honest, so loving, so kind
And when I leave you
I will be leaving my heart behind
And as I am forced to leave you
I can tell you something I have never said before
As a friend I will always love you Samwise Gamgee
But I love you even more
Frodo wrote this poem on a loose sheet of paper, which he then placed
inside:
THE DOWNFALL
OF THE
LORD OF THE RINGS
AND THE
RETURN OF THE KING
Sam only saw this poem after Frodo had left.
