I hardly knew him

Yet we are all brothers

So for my brother I mourn

Our numbers dwindle

Still we continue on

I hear a voice inside my head

Nagging me

Reminding me

‘You will lose them all one day’

But as time passes

The bond with my brothers grows

At night I sit awake as they sleep

All I see is death

Perhaps not today, not tomorrow

But someday

I will say my farewell to each

For him, it came too soon

He told me of his dreams

I told him they would come true

He had hope

Now mine wavers

For Middle-earth, I pledged to protect

But for his dreams, I fight for Gondor