B13 and G39 - Consider Phlebas

[altariel.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Poetic Forms: Free Verse; Alternate Viewpoint: The Uruk-Hai
Format: Drabble; free verse
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Boromir
Summary: After the battle

Consider Phlebas

After the battle,
After the blood and the iron,
After the fall and the defeat,
After the confession (and the absolution),
Comes the voyage home.

The river took me.
Little wooden coffin-boat let slip;
Jetsam bobbing on the water.

Farewell, friends! Farewell, arms!
My time is past.
The water holds me now and soon the sea.
Dreams of sunlit lands wash over me
And this world of war recedes.

I am blessed and beloved.
I am at peace at last.
I am going soon; I am leaving.
I am passing down the river.
I am passing through my brother’s dreams.

Comments

[zdenka]

Oh, beautiful. Especially the last line.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have had those last two lines in my head for nearly ten years, and only just found a home for them.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Wow, they've certainly waited patiently. I was going to comment on those lines as well..

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Funny how that happens. I started a little piece using them ages ago, but it never coalesced. They didn't have the "I am..." until I wrote this, however. Clearly that's what they needed.

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

Beautiful.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I love, love, LOVE the last line.

- Erulisse (one L)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I'm glad it found a home at last.