Two poems written for the LOTR Community Challenge April challenge "Beauty of Arda." Elements: believe -receive
Simbelmynë
Pale bloom of sorrow
Cloth that you weave
On this green meadow
Teach me to grieve
Teach me to follow
Each breath I heave
My heart is hollow
Loth to receive
Sleep from my pillow
Loth to perceive
Green of the willow
Amber of eve
My path is narrow
Teach me retrieve
Promise: tomorrow
I shall believe
Falls of Rauros
would you believe:
from height and heat
such spray and sparkle
such profusion of rainbows
the perfume of moisture
clinging to rock and leaf
such powerful lullaby
water's song of descent
the Raur-roar
the Raur-rhythm
that drowns your mind
the cool, cool breath of the depth
the translucent kiss -
withdraw
retrieve your thoughts, move on:
the river awaits