Memories

A/N: Just a little Grey Havens poem I came up with... R/R please!!

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The Sea calls to me
I hear it, whispering my name, like a lullaby of soft verses..
I wish to leave: to leave my home and my friends
I will see them again, if only in my dreams
I am safe now, the evil of the world has left, but I am not at peace...

The ship is ready to leave, but am I?
Gandalf calls to me, it is time
Sam is weaping, I know he will miss me the most...
Saddness mingled with joy drip down my face
Merry and Pippin are silent
Sorrow flickers in their eyes

Alas that these evil days should be mine
The Evenstar gives me little hope, as it dangles from my neck
My life has left me, I am but a shadow of my former self
The Quest has left me helpless and alone...
Will I find peace in the Undying Lands? Will my heart rest?

The Sea calls to me, it is calling my name..
I say farewell and board the Elven Ship
I raise a hand in farewell to my friends, my only friends, that have been through so much because of me
The only face I see is Sam's
Through the mist, I see his sullen face and his wet cheeks...
As the mist covers my eyes, Sam is lost, his sobs forever toss in the roaring waves of the Sea

Farewell I cry, to the Undying Lands I am headed
Middle-earth is but a memory now
A memory of fell deeds and happier days of yore
I will miss the rolling hills of the Shire
The green fields, the little rivers, my friends...
Even my deepest desire, the Ring of Power
I miss it too, I long for it around my finger

But what I will miss most is Sam
Samwise the Brave
I wouldn't have made it very far without him by my side
I shut my eyes, I dream of the Shire, I wish for better days ahead...
I hear the waves crash upon the ship
Elven songs fill my head
A pungent fragrance blows past, a wind rustles my hair
Farewell I say, in the Elven tongue
Alas, I will never see the land I love so much again...

- Elbereth