B2MEM 2011 - The Silmarillion Extracts by Dwimordene

The Dunsinane Waltz

Day 27: Rohan: Write a story or poem, or create a piece of art where your character rises above themselves to follow their dreams.

Beneath the bending bower eaves
Walks Lúthien among the trees –
Beech and ash, willow, yew 
Hollyhock and rowan, too – 

A year beneath her shoeless feet
A year her soles have felt the beat
of treely measures slow and solemn – 
joyful life a throbbing drum,

To which she turns and stately dances
Weaving like the windy branches – 
Lifts her voice in song so deep
it touches roots and sappy seeps.

Leaves shake, wood cracks,
branches sway – the trees sing back!
Silent stiffness falls to earth,
Oboed throats gives voice to mirth,
Knotted eyes then truly see: 
Woody life goes dancing free.