I18 - Stepping Stone

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: "March 3019" card: March 2nd, The Second Battle of the Fords of Isen; "Economy" card, Market Day
Format: Drabble
Genre: General
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: OCs
Pairings: N/A
Summary: "A little wooden bridge will rise, permitting commerce." The first step is the hardest.

Stepping-stone

Ever-mindful, she comes this way every year, although the fords mark the edge of her country, and the trail takes her off the beaten track. The March flowers glisten on the green turves like fresh tears.

On one occasion, she sees another standing on the other bank, a river and a world away. She half-lifts her hand in greeting; the other mirrors the move.

One day, when sorrow is less sharp, this outpost will become a trading post. A little wooden bridge will rise, permitting commerce. And the simbelmynë and the hardy hill flowers will cross the water, each way.

Comments

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Aww! I like this, great imagery! If only I could draw!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wish I could draw it too.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Interesting viewpoint for this. I like it.

- Erulisse (one L)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it :-)

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

I love this hopeful drabble, with the Dunlendings on one side and the Rohirrim on the other, each slowly growing toward reconciliation after the war.

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

Yes!! I love how you have shown it through the flower metaphor. Beautiful, hopeful, and unique. Great job!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Dwim!

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

I found this incredibly beautiful and touching, love the idea that even this place of such pain will find a new life.

The March flowers glisten on the green turves like fresh tears.
Such a lovely line.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Time's a great healer.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I like the hope for better days that shines through in this. Lovely!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[hhimring]

This is great. I like how you've framed it between "Ever-mindful" and simbelmyne, with that lovely image of the flowers crossing the water. I've always worried about the Dunlendings rather--there is so much history to overcome there.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I'm very pleased you noticed the frame - thank you. The Dunlendings seem to be stuffed by history twice, first by the Numenoreans, and then by the Rohirrim. No wonder Saruman's propaganda was so successful. I feel the ghosts of my dark Celtic forebears (http://anglisztika.ektf.hu/new/content/letoltesek/angnyir/segedanyagok/an612/Kennelly.pdf) shiver. I should probably write more about the Dunlendings.

[havamahal.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is beautiful. Wish I could write like that.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

The imagery in this one is breathtaking, the comparison between the protagonists and the flowers, and the hopeful outlook most of all. It reads so affordlessly, too.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you, very much.

That's a beautiful icon.