I wait in vain

Stand on the ledge

Look down

Frown

Wish I could forget

Hope I remember

Rough rocks and cold stone

Such a contrast to his spirit

To his soul

They lead me away

Cannot stay

But I return

To find

Golden flowers on the grave

And weep

Because

I remember him

And I know he will remember me

From it we come

And back become

The dust sweeps over my boots, bloodied from war

Swirls past, and is carried off upon the wind

So sudden, too fast

A light so blinding without the decency to deafen my screaming

And he is gone

Lost

All I have left are scraps of metal and years of memories

So sudden, too fast

No last goodbye

No final kiss

Just me, alone

With nothingness

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