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 again to www.Tuckborough.net.

For the cheeky American imp.

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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!