A Gondorian Ballad

by Galatyn Renner

A man who must leave on a long journey, as he farewells a woman whose love he cannot return because his heart is promised to another. Ortaine’s ballad from my story ‘Fate on the Wind’, chapter 37. Could also be from Aragorn to Eowyn, as he leaves h

Ballad

Behind tears that you won't cry,

Lies the bravery in your heart;

And a pain that cuts so deep

It grieves my soul, but we must part.

'Cross the plains where we have run

Flies a heart you long to know.

Over paths you showed to me,

It grieves my heart, but I must go.

I cannot grant you what you seek:

My heart was given long ago;

I hope that you will understand,

Or that you will never know.

You have closed your heart to all

And you've shunned the light of day.

Knowing this, and nothing more:

I have turned and gone away.

You will find a home, I know,

Because you are brave and true,

But what you would ask of me

I could never give to you.