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Fate
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| I never chose to carry this burden, I never pleaded to be sent to my doom. All I ever wanted lies back at Bag End, All I'll ever get lies in a fiery mountain. This ring of fire, power, and hate Looks yet so beautiful to my eyes. How can it be evil, when it is colored so brightly gold? How can this small thing carry the fate of my world? I was chosen to carry this burden My friends stand by my side. But I feel alone in this terrible task, For the burden is not theirs, but mine. I want to give up, I want to go home I long for the feel of grass beneath my feet. But many miles lie between my home and me Many enemies prowl the road home. A Nazgul has stabbed me in the shoulder, I am hurt and am fading into the shadow world, But Elrond saves me, heals me as best as he can. I’ll spend some time here in Rivendell. It is time now to leave this fair place, I know in my heart I am never to come here again, A fellowship accompanies me to protect me, I am frightened, but I dare not show it. My feet are weary, the ring is beginning to control me, I wonder how I'll ever let it go. It's so smooth, it's surface unscarred How can I destroy such a beautiful thing? My journey has only just begun, but I am already despairing, Because of me, and this ring I bear, Because of this task that I must take out, Gandalf has fallen into the pit of Moria. I can't take it, that because of me this dear friend is dead, I am the cause of so much sorrow. I am alone, but still I must go on. I can no longer see the Shire in my memory's eye. The Fellowship has broken, I try to sneak away, For I do not wish to kill another friend. But Samwise followed me, and I am glad to have him by my side, Even though we go to our death. We have traveled far, and I am weary. Will this journey never end? I don’t think there will be a return journey anymore, I can only see death ahead. Gollum is our guide, for we found him tracking us, Sam wants to kill him, but I say no. ‘Cause when I look at him I see what I may yet become If this ring takes over me, I will be like him. I see goodness in him, even though it’s trying to hide, He wasn’t much different from a hobbit once. But then this cursed ring took over his life and gripped him forever, Just like it’s starting to do to mine. This chain pulls down on my neck, I am bruised all over, My waking eyes can see the one great Eye, I shiver with terror within. I cannot go on My feet are ash covered, My clothes are ripped and covered in dirt, I cannot recall the taste of food or the song of birds in the spring. All I know is what is right before me, That great mountain of lava, It is inside Mount Doom my fate awaits me, There also will my world’s fate be decided. Sam left me because I ordered him away, I am so sorry for what I have done to him. I should never have let him come on this hopeless quest, Should never have let him follow me past the Shire. Gollum has betrayed me, I didn't think he would, Unwisely I followed him into this vast tunnel Now I am alone and lost, without hope or guidance. I collapse in the tunnel, have I come this far only to meet my doom? A tall shadow looms over me I hear Gollum’s voice laughing in the dark. I feel faint but I grab my sword. A large spider has snared me in her web, I don't want to die All I want is to go home to the Shire, to Bag End. I have no strength left, but still I fight. I passed out in the terror of the large horror, Woke up to one even worse. I've been captured by the orcs of Mordor, They took all my clothes and things. I can't believe it ended this way, For the enemy now has the ring. I feel weak, I see death before me, Nothing can save me now. I forgot about Sam, he has rescued me, Turns out he took the ring when he thought I was dead, It's safe, my precious, it's safe and sound. I hang the chain round my neck once more. It is strange, but as I stand on the brink of Mount Doom's chasm, I do not want to destroy this ring. It was evil, but I shall make it good. Yes, this ring shall become mine. Sam shouts at me to throw it in, I turn and claim the ring as mine, Sam cries out in horror and sorrow, Something jumps on my back and chokes me. Gollum is back, he is trying to take my ring from me, As we struggle he bites my finger off, I fall to the ground hurt and in pain, Gollum screams in glee. It's not over yet, we still can win, I use the last bit of strength and shove Gollum over the edge, I hear a great big bang, then I know that my ring is gone I can finally go home. Gandalf is alive! He saved Sam and I from the doom of the fiery lava! I can't believe my eyes, He is still very much the same old friend, but he is somehow greater than before. The Fellowship has reunited in Gondor, I cry out in joy to see my fellow hobbits alive and well, But yet my heart still is in pain from the journey, I am wounded, never to heal. Aragorn has taken his place as king, The lady Arwen at his side. We hobbits bid them farewell for now, We turn towards our own home. Here at our home evil has been at work, Some malice has taken control of our homes. But I find it to be Saruman, I look at him and feel pity and sorrow. He was great once, of a noble kind, But greed turned him to traitor, I wonder if I would have become like him, Had I really kept that ring of power. I tell him to leave, I know he no longer has power, He is angry with me, but tells me the truth, He says I will not live a long and healthy life, And this is not of his doing. Four years since I last came home, It’s four years to the day I was stabbed one Weathertop, It’s never fully healed, it never will, My sorrows and pain still linger near. I have decided that I have to leave this place I love, I have been hurt to deeply, I set out to save the Shire, and I did But not for me. Sam tells me I cannot go, I tell him I must, I can’t help it, and that if I don’t I will die, He sobs and hugs me tight, My eyes fill with tears. I’m meeting the elves at the ships in the harbor, My uncle Bilbo is going to come too, I don’t know how I will say goodbye to my good friends, How can I stand by and watch their tears? The whole fellowship is gathered once more, Here on the shores of the sea, Gandalf and Bilbo await me on the boat, I turn towards my friends crying. I hug Merry and Pippin, Can’t seem to let go of them, I memorize their faces so they will always be with me, I kiss their foreheads, then reluctantly let go. I turn to Sam last, I cannot speak, Words will never express how grateful I am to him for his help, Without him, I wouldn’t be alive, Without him I never would have made it. He cries, and runs into my arms, We hold each other, neither wanting to let go, I finally let go, I know what I must do, I kiss his head, then slowly walk onto the ship. I’m headed to an elven land of safety, I’m going to be saved from my pain, I turn to smile at those on the shore, My heart breaks to see their faces. They look at me, then slightly smile through their tears, They understand why I go. The ship starts to move Their faces become lost in the mist. I am on my way, I know I will be healed, But I will never forget my friend’s faces, I will always keep them in my heart. It was my fate, to be taken away from my world, I could not avoid it no matter how hard I tried, I will always be a hero in my world, And I shall be a hero at rest. For I am going to the Gray Havens, Rest, peace, and joy find me there. Then someday Sam will follow me, Someday I may see him there. I sink to the boat’s deck, I lay my head down to rest, Gandalf nods understandingly, I smile to see his face, to know he is alive, I close my eyes to rest till we arrive in this elvish place of rest. |
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