Disclaimer – Lord of the Rings is owned by J.R.R. Tolkien, his family, New Line cinema, etc . I have written this poem for my own enjoyment.
Credit to www dot Tuckborough dot net
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Summary: Separated by the Sundering Sea, Sam and Frodo's thoughts are as one, nonetheless.
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Across the Great Divide
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Dear Mister Frodo are you well?
I wish I knew but I can't tell
No way to know if you've been healed
Your Fate from me remains concealed
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Dear Sam I wish that you could know
The evil hurts that plagued me so
And tried to tear my soul apart
Are slowly fading from my heart
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Dear Mister Frodo Bag End feels
So strange without your Baggins heels
Walking along its homely halls
No Baggins now between its walls
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Dear Sam my most beloved Friend
And now true Master of Bag End
You are the only blessed heir
That I would see ensconced in there
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Dear Mister Frodo you should see
The beauty of the Mallorn tree
That's growing on the Party Field
It seems the Shire has truly healed
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Dear Sam has Mallorn tree bloomed yet?
Let every hobbit not forget
The goodness that your hands have sown
With Elven gift that was your own
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Dear Mister Frodo you were right!
I'm Mayor now! Oh what a sight!
So many feasts I now attend
Advice to Shirriffs I must lend
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Dear Sam you must be Mayor now
I wish that I could see just how
Your common sense and steady hand
Keep hobbits safe throughout the land
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Dear Mister Frodo Pip-lad's one
So many Gamgee feet now run
In dear Bag End's now crowded hall
I fear it's getting far too small!
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Dear Sam I have some news to tell
Dear Bilbo was not very well
His death has left me quite bereft
His pocket watch all I have left
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Dear Mister Frodo I have been
To Minas Anor and I've seen
The good things that your love and toil
Have brought to Minas Tirith's soil
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Dear Sam Gandalf is on his way
To brighten up my lonely day
With Fireworks and all the Elves
Have come to see it for themselves
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Dear Mister Frodo how I hope
You're not alone and that you cope
Without your Sam to care for you
I'm sure the Elves their best will do
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Dear Sam I now feel much improved
The Elves are kind and I am soothed
Enough by all their efforts here
That loneliness I need not fear
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Dear Mister Frodo I still read
To little 'uns of every deed
That you and Mister Bilbo took
Such care to write in the Red Book
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Dear Sam I hope you read aloud
To Gamgee children, make them proud
Of their dear Sam-dad's bravery
When you took such good care of me
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Dear Mister Frodo Ellie's wed
A steady hobbit named Fastred
And on that day my Rosie cried
You'd think her favourite aunt had died!
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Dear Sam my hair is truly grey!
How odd to see it look that way
I never thought I could survive
After the Quest, but here I thrive
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Dear Mister Frodo can you guess?
Goldilocks wed a Took, no less!
I hope her hobbit sense can make
A difference there and no mistake!
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Dear Sam have all the children grown?
Now wed with children of their own?
How empty now the Hill must be
Without their songs and cries of glee
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Dear Mister Frodo it's unfair
That scent of Sea upon the air
Always it seems to call to me
But I can't leave my sweet Rosie
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Dear Sam it will not be too long
'Til you hear gulls' bittersweet song
Sund'ring Sea keeps you yet at bay
Though it will welcome you one day
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Dear Mister Frodo it's the end
Of Mayorship for your old Friend
I need to be with my Rosie
And all our dearest family
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Dear Sam although my heart is light
Completely freed from Sauron's blight
And Valinor a wondrous place
I cannot wait to see your face
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Oh Mister Frodo Rosie's gone!
Your Sam is left here all alone
I can't believe I'll never see
Her smile again shining on me
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Dear Sam oh how I feel your pain!
But you'll be happy once again
Your ship awaits, its Elven oars
Will see you safe to Elven shores
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Dear Mister Frodo Ellie took
Safekeeping of the old Red Book
I'll miss my lads, and lasses too
As I set off to sail to you
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Dear Sam your boat it sails to me!
I sense your journey over Sea
And soon our hearts will reunite
Your dear face soon my soul delight
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Oh Mister Frodo I feel sick!
But one nice Elf knows just the trick
My poorly self to quickly fix
Gamgees and water just don't mix!
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Author's Note: Sorry about that last verse, I just couldn't resist it! I'm sure that Sam's journey on the Elven boat was nothing but smooth, but you know how fond he is of water…
I know there are several events and people not mentioned in this poem, but if I included every single thing about Sam's life after Frodo's departure, I'd still be writing this in a year's time. So I hope you'll be content with what's here. ;)
Next: Final chapter. Reunion!