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Ode to Suspended Disbelief
The characters and situation mentioned are not mine and are strictly borrowed.
Um . . . movie-verse (.
The screen goes dark -
A moment brief
Your mind is flooded with relief.
The world's not gone
It still is here
There was no reason for your fear
No hidden hand did come and tugged
From beneath your feet the rug
Reality is firm and real
And it's all before you still
No reason for childish thoughts
You're still here, there is no doubt.
But do tell - though the words ring false
Weren't you just now. somewhere else?
It seems
A dream
Has overtaken
Your mind, till it has forsaken
All the pains and slips and strife
Of the so-called normal life
In your comfy movie chair
Suddenly you too were there!
Have you not tasted bitter dust?
Felt the rising battle lust?
Have your not feared the Great Eye's might,
Tracked down Isildur on flight,
Have you not, in the mountain's core
Sat for what seemed forevermore?
Were you not there when years passed by?
Did story wings not let you fly?
Yes, it was real, now you recall -
That "one Ring to rule them all"
Music and food on Hobbiton
As the tale goes on and on.
You too went out to face the road
At the side of heroes bold
Battled Saruman the White
Spent a fearful hidden night
By Strider's side, until at last
The old magic danger passed
You too fled the Ringwraiths Nine
Walked an ever-thinning line
Between life and fearsome death
Have you too not held your breath
At the council? Have you not
Wondered how the Ring be brought
To the flaming Mountain Doom?
Have you not watched romance bloom?
Yes, you too have shared a trip
With the fabled Fellowship
Alongside humans, Dwarf and Elf
Yes, you too - yes, you yourself!
You were there, in the mines' dark
You were there, to see Sting spark
You were there to battle brave
You were there, narrowly saved
You lost a friend to demons' wrath
You wished to turn back, but had faith -
You did all that! And suddenly
The screen goes dark and all you see
Is blackness - and your mind is free
And then you starts to wonder still
If all you've seen and done was real
To this, friend, I have no reply
And do not think you can do better
But let me tell you one thing - I
Honestly think it doesn't matter
For courage, chivalry and trust
In every world are a sure must
Friendship and a quest are too
In every world both good and true
No matter your place of birth
In this Earth or Middle-Earth
Those wonders that you have seen there
Can be taken anywhere.
And let me say - before we part -
That is the mark of all true art.
~~End~~
Ode to Suspended Disbelief
The characters and situation mentioned are not mine and are strictly borrowed.
Um . . . movie-verse (.
The screen goes dark -
A moment brief
Your mind is flooded with relief.
The world's not gone
It still is here
There was no reason for your fear
No hidden hand did come and tugged
From beneath your feet the rug
Reality is firm and real
And it's all before you still
No reason for childish thoughts
You're still here, there is no doubt.
But do tell - though the words ring false
Weren't you just now. somewhere else?
It seems
A dream
Has overtaken
Your mind, till it has forsaken
All the pains and slips and strife
Of the so-called normal life
In your comfy movie chair
Suddenly you too were there!
Have you not tasted bitter dust?
Felt the rising battle lust?
Have your not feared the Great Eye's might,
Tracked down Isildur on flight,
Have you not, in the mountain's core
Sat for what seemed forevermore?
Were you not there when years passed by?
Did story wings not let you fly?
Yes, it was real, now you recall -
That "one Ring to rule them all"
Music and food on Hobbiton
As the tale goes on and on.
You too went out to face the road
At the side of heroes bold
Battled Saruman the White
Spent a fearful hidden night
By Strider's side, until at last
The old magic danger passed
You too fled the Ringwraiths Nine
Walked an ever-thinning line
Between life and fearsome death
Have you too not held your breath
At the council? Have you not
Wondered how the Ring be brought
To the flaming Mountain Doom?
Have you not watched romance bloom?
Yes, you too have shared a trip
With the fabled Fellowship
Alongside humans, Dwarf and Elf
Yes, you too - yes, you yourself!
You were there, in the mines' dark
You were there, to see Sting spark
You were there to battle brave
You were there, narrowly saved
You lost a friend to demons' wrath
You wished to turn back, but had faith -
You did all that! And suddenly
The screen goes dark and all you see
Is blackness - and your mind is free
And then you starts to wonder still
If all you've seen and done was real
To this, friend, I have no reply
And do not think you can do better
But let me tell you one thing - I
Honestly think it doesn't matter
For courage, chivalry and trust
In every world are a sure must
Friendship and a quest are too
In every world both good and true
No matter your place of birth
In this Earth or Middle-Earth
Those wonders that you have seen there
Can be taken anywhere.
And let me say - before we part -
That is the mark of all true art.
~~End~~
