Drabble, mind
you.
... I've always enjoyed the episode in the Houses of
Healing when Éowyn requests a window that faces East. Only,
however, because it reminded me of Faramir turning to the West before
supping. Juxtapose those two separate incidents, and you get a sense
of just how different, and yet similar, these two really were. Ah,
well...
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She begins each day; he closes it.
Rising before the sun, she leaves him amidst the linens and stands at the open doors, leaning towards the horizon--- a stretch of warmth that wavers as strands of gossamer.
And he, in turn, bows hoary head when the skies are full with a trembling of colours.
… Eyes closed, he remembers a dream or two; an unknown memory.
Breaking bread at the close of each day, they pay homage: Now to the East, now to the West.
She is his door to the East, and he her window on the West.
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