Hard Choices by Dreamflower

[dreamflower]

B2MeM Challenge: 2016 Memories; 2012 BINGO, "Canon Couples", O-73, B-3
Format: Poetry, Dribble
Genre: Romance
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Finwë, Miriel, Indis
Pairings: Finwë/Miriel, Finwë/Indis
Creators' Notes (optional): I began some of these dribbles for the "Canon Couples" card in 2012, and decided to see how many more of them I could complete this year.
Since these two prompts really belong together, I am making an exception, and this one will be a double inverted dribble, the first with Miriel, the second with Indis.
Summary: Some choices are worse than others, but how can anyone know how they will turn out?

Hard Choices

I took Miriel to wife ere I ever came West,
and great and glad was our joy in journeying.
To the Lands of the Valar we came,
a place of peace and of plenty.
Here we would found a family.
Fate is a fickle thing
and pays no heed
to the plans
of Elves,
ever.

Forever
left alone,
life in ruins.
Indis cared for me.
Why should I be tied
to one who had abandoned me?
The choices we were given were harsh.
I thought to have a partner for life.
Now a chance came to me for happiness again.
What knew I then of fate or doom to come?

Comments

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I loved the way you used the form to 'end' one phase of life and 'begin' another and your use of the words 'ever' and 'forever'.

[dreamflower]

Huh. I distinctly recall answering this yesterday. I wonder what happened to it?

Anyway, thank you very much, dear. The ability to do that is one of the reasons I like this format so much.