[drabble] The End of a Letter to His King [A/B] G

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For the lotr100 "Letter" challenge.

Title: The End of a Letter to His King
By: HF
Pairing: A/B
Adult Content: Not really. Minorly slashy.
Disclaimer: Alas, not mine.
Other stuff: Movieverse

Notes: The first new thing I've written in a long time. I was looking through some old notes, and ran across a poem I'd copied, "The End of a Letter to Ausonius," by Paulinus of Nola, which was the inspiration for this.


THE END OF A LETTER TO HIS KING

The hope of you was in my breath, my King.

What the mind could not accept, the heart knew. In Dwimordene’s mists I saw my duty. In the blood of Parth Galen I saw what was true and real. I remember the first time beneath the trees, when I bid you ride home with me. I remember the second when I died.

Both times I swore, “So long as I live, I will serve you.”

Though the world’s encircling separates us, my noble lord, I still serve you, and I will remember you beyond the doom that waits, forever.

Farewell.

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