[Amnesty XXXVI / #036 - saudade] LOTR - who by very slow decay

[zdenka]

Title: who by very slow decay
Author: Zdenka
Fandom: The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Rating: G
Characters: Galadriel
Challenge: Amnesty XXXVI / #036 - saudade
Notes/Warnings: none
Summary: After the destruction of the One Ring, Galadriel watches the slow decline of Lothlórien.

The Golden Wood is fading. Galadriel can feel the slow decay of power from each silvery trunk, the weakening of each golden leaf. The earth beneath her feet no longer hums with deep and ancient melodies.

She gently strokes Nenya, where the ring rests upon her finger. It is a masterwork of beauty and craft, made by the greatest smith of the Eldar after Fëanor. Once the jewel shone with power, brilliant with light; once she could have renewed the fading trees with a song and a thought. But that well is empty. Some cups, once drained, cannot be refilled.


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Comments

[princessofgeeks]

This is beautiful; thank you.

[zdenka]

Thank you, I'm glad you like it!