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.

A gift for Antane (who asked nicely for it - hope it lives up to your expectations).

Also for Celeritas whose review of ‘Hope and Light' inspired the content.

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Summary: As Aragorn fights to save the lives of the two hobbits rescued from Mordor, Sam 'talks some sense' to Frodo.

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Oh Mister Frodo

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Oh Mister Frodo please don’t go

Your guilt and pain are great I know

But can’t you hear old Strider’s plea?

He must behold you safe and free

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My dearest Sam it is too much

For cursed am I with dreadful touch

And I can only hear It sing

This foul lament of Sauron’s Ring

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But Mister Frodo Its undone

That Thing’s destroyed and you have won

The right to live a Hobbit life

Happy, safe and free of strife

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  My Sam it comes at dreadful cost

My soul despairs, all Joy is lost

What life can there be now for me?

Despair and guilt won’t set me free

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No Mister Frodo can’t you see?

Always you can depend on me

This guilt you feel is just plain wrong!

As I’ve been saying all along

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My dearest Sam my truest Friend!

Your loyalty does comfort lend

Do I deserve such blessed trust

For all my wrongs can that be just?

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  Oh Mister Frodo please don’t say

Such things about yourself that way!

You’ve never wronged, you never could

Your Sam would tell you if you should!

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My Sam you are the only Light

To brighten life’s unhappy sight

But Darkness too holds me in sway

I cannot chase my pain away

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Then Mister Frodo if you must

Go now and as you have my trust

I’ll follow you to certain end

For I can’t live without my Friend!

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No Sam! You must not say such things!

What of the Joy your presence brings

To all your friends and family?

Do not abandon them for me!

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No Mister Frodo! If you leave

Your poor unhappy Sam will grieve

And Darkness too will claim my soul

My ruin be its only goal

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But Sam your Rosie she will weep

Without your love her heart will sleep

Forever in a Joyless dream

An empty place her life will seem

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Mister Frodo I won’t deny

The thought of that could make me cry!

But if I stay and you depart

I’ll still be losing half my heart!

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Dear Sam it seems you cannot win

A true dilemma you are in

Your anguish is an ache to see

When you have done so much for me

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Then Mister Frodo will you stay?

And find that Joy in each new day

Can heal your wounds if you allow

Your friends and Sam will show you how!

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My dearest Sam you ask a lot

My life may be forever fraught

By evil dreams of evil deeds

That in my heart their poison breeds

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Oh Mister Frodo don’t despair

Look in your heart. Your Sam is there!

And I will hold the curse at bay

That tries to take its beat away!

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My dearest Sam! Beloved Friend!

You stood by me at bitter end

And saw my moment of disgrace

As Ring on finger I did place

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Mister Frodo that wasn’t you

Just a shadow I never knew

That Thing could never sully such

A dear one that I love so much

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But Sam if I should choose to live

Do you think others could forgive

My betrayal? Or shall I hide

The shameful truth of greed and pride?

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Now, Mister Frodo you withstood

Lasted longer than others could

The pull of evil, greed and terror

That no one could defy forever

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My Sam you are so good to me

Perhaps I can a glimmer see

Of Hope if you forever stand

And hold my shameful, sorry hand

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Mister Frodo I’ll keep it well

Your wounds and pain will soon dispel

I’ll trim the fears and clip the doom

And soon inside you Joy will bloom

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Oh dearest Sam! I can’t refuse

I’ll stay beside you if you choose

To walk amongst the living yet

Rejoin my kin, despair forget

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Then Mister Frodo let’s go home!

Old Strider’s pleas our minds still roam

And we must set his heart at ease

Now follow me, Sir, if you please