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Lady of Light - A tribute of Frodo to Celebrian She was there when I came ashore So bright and beautiful There was no shadow in her Save in memory that my heart saw It was past and the light shone through it Had conquered it and Exulted at the victory achieved over it The light pierced me with understanding Of how hard won it was through much darkness A long lasting black night Had driven her here just as it now drove me But for her the dawn had come and would never fade Her wounds were no more Yet I knew from how my heart wept That they once were near to mine Yet now the light lived, thrived, and silently shouted its life I wished to weep as well for its beauty And be near it always But she had not come for me I stood by alone while she embraced her mother Even though Bilbo stood at my side And Gandalf not far behind This was to be my home now But would it be home The light seemed unreachable Even though it was near enough to touch Would it wish to touch something as defiled as I was Would it ever be mine Or it would be forever so near but never my own She looked then at me, lost and broken Sad she was not to see her daughter But she already knew I had come in place Of that treasure so long missed And she knew why I flinched at that, so needful of her cleansing light So afraid it would turn away She saw the phial I held close The gem around me neck that I fingered She touched both in silent recognition And then knelt before me and held her hand over mine “I offer my service To continue what my family has already done” As she gathered me into her arms I wept bitterly and without control at such a blessing I hung on afraid I would utterly swept away if I did not She wept with me “Now I understand” She said it almost to herself “Now I understand” It was a long time before I knew what she meant But in time as she wrapped her spirit around mine And spread her light around my darkness As she pierced the shadows And I was no longer afraid my defilement Would spoil the beauty of her light As she held me and told me of her torment I knew she understood mine She heard me words from me I could not speak to anyone else I understood then as she gently probed my wounds And drained the evil away As the rents in my heart mended And my spirit become whole again That the fruit of her wounds was So I could see that I could heal of mine And so she could see in the easing of my agony The worth in her own suffering The realization of filled us both with dreadful awe I knew I could never repay all she had given me But she considered the bitter cost now sweet We are bound together in a way nothing would ever sunder First in agony, then in triumph over it Sam was right The Shadow is only a passing thing Her victory over darkness gave birth to my own |
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