We Call a Man Cold When He Is Only Sad by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge: B-6, Canon Couples, "Denethor/Finduilas"
Format: Dribble
Title: We Call a Man Cold When He Is Only Sad
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: N /A
Characters: Denethor, Finduilas
Pairings: Denethor/Finduilas
Author's Notes: Title from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Summary: Sorrow has much to answer for...

We Call a Man Cold When He Is Only Sad


He was so solemn, so serious, so sad, so unsmiling;
something made her eager to coax just one smile,
and then only one seemed a small victory
in the light of his glad face.
But how could she have foreseen
her own smiles would fail
in the Mountain's shadow?
Her joy lost,
she faded
away.

Comments

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

I loved this, so sad and beautiful.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Lovely poem. :)

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

You are so good at this, Dreamflower! I have loved every single one of your dribbles, and this one is absolutely fantastic. Well done!

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

How well this format echoes her gradual fading.

[zdenka]

Oh, beautiful. As blslarner pointed out, the format is perfect for this.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

So sad.

- Erulisse (one L)

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

I've not re-read as far as the tale of Finduilas, so had to look this up.
What a sad life she had. Though she must have had joy at her two sons.
Lovely poem

Came here via himring's rec.

[dreamflower]

I am sure she did have much joy in her sons, and that so long as she could, she tried to make her family happy.

Thank you so much! I felt quite complimented by her generous recommendation!

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

I've not re-read as far as the tale of Finduilas, so had to look this up.
What a sad life she had. Though she must have had joy at her two sons.
Lovely poem

Came here via himring's rec.