Tanka by The Wavesinger

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Chapter 1

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your eyes glitter as

I unearth them from marble

this is who I know

who are you with me? yourself?

nothing? something in between?

 

nothing I can make

could ever outshine your grace

queen of the heavens

you sung the stars into being

kindled light into the world

 

your hands I carve large

do they not hold all of Arda?

(this I cannot know)

I have never felt your touch

so how can I ache for it?

 

you look; never hold

I embrace you in marble

is what I do wrong?

you wish for the love of souls

but my body aches for you

 

a small smile, side-curved

a private smile between us

is the smile for me?

or do you laugh at my youth?

or wonder at my wisdom?

 

the curves of your breasts

beautiful and distracting

I hold in my heart

this longing this passion

I do not know, cannot think

 

your feet walked the earth

long ages before my birth

I cannot grasp you

for you are beyond my ken

and yet, my queen, I love you