This poem is about how Frodo must have felt, with the burden of being ring-
bearer. Please review!
The Burden of the Ring
By Sarah Leung
I left my home to go adventuring,
To go on a quest for which I did not care,
To carry firth and destroy the One Ring,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Leaving my cozy hobbit-hole behind,
To faced the unknown, worse than any nightmare,
Fighting off orcs and evils of all kind.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
With the ring on, I'd be invisible,
But at Sauron's watchful eye, I'd have to stare.
I wish it would make me invincible.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
The power of the ring would make me weak,
Making my heart lifelessly cold with despair.
I knew I was the one he did seek,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Why not a man, a wizard, or an elf?
As a half-ling, I couldn't even compare.
Of all people, it had to be myself,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Chased by Sauron's creatures and black riders,
I avoided them, but was caught in a snare
At the end, by Gollum and a spider.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
And I was down before I could know it,
But my friend Sam escaped from the spider's lair,
Destroying the ring, thrown in the fire pit,
Oh, a burden no longer for me to bear!
The Burden of the Ring
By Sarah Leung
I left my home to go adventuring,
To go on a quest for which I did not care,
To carry firth and destroy the One Ring,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Leaving my cozy hobbit-hole behind,
To faced the unknown, worse than any nightmare,
Fighting off orcs and evils of all kind.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
With the ring on, I'd be invisible,
But at Sauron's watchful eye, I'd have to stare.
I wish it would make me invincible.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
The power of the ring would make me weak,
Making my heart lifelessly cold with despair.
I knew I was the one he did seek,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Why not a man, a wizard, or an elf?
As a half-ling, I couldn't even compare.
Of all people, it had to be myself,
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
Chased by Sauron's creatures and black riders,
I avoided them, but was caught in a snare
At the end, by Gollum and a spider.
A heavy burden for me alone to bear.
And I was down before I could know it,
But my friend Sam escaped from the spider's lair,
Destroying the ring, thrown in the fire pit,
Oh, a burden no longer for me to bear!