Dec 2011
"Through darkness you have come to your hope,
and have now all your desire."
The falling sun shone,
to gleam like red gold,
and the white was turned to a flame.
Into the waste lands beyond,
they passed over.
For they were afraid,
for they were still.
On the sixth day they overtook an old man.
He was clothed in rags; another beggar,
slouching and whining.
"Where are you going?"
"What is that to you?" he answered.
"You know the answers."
"The time of my labours now draws to and end.
The burden would have shown you wisdom and mercy."
"I desire an answer"
"Then once more you are going the wrong way."
and have now all your desire."
The falling sun shone,
to gleam like red gold,
and the white was turned to a flame.
Into the waste lands beyond,
they passed over.
For they were afraid,
for they were still.
On the sixth day they overtook an old man.
He was clothed in rags; another beggar,
slouching and whining.
"Where are you going?"
"What is that to you?" he answered.
"You know the answers."
"The time of my labours now draws to and end.
The burden would have shown you wisdom and mercy."
"I desire an answer"
"Then once more you are going the wrong way."
This is what people call a 'Found poem', meaning I found it somewhere else and didn't write it myself. However, neither did the original author; I like to take books, find a page, and cut out certain lines, match them together, and make something completely different out of another persons words. These words are taken from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, chapter 16.
