A letter at the twilight of my days. by ford_of_bruinen

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Fanwork Notes

Poetry requests.

Rhapsody: 'Whatever form you'd like is your choosing, but even though silly Aegnor always left Andreth to guess how he felt about her, how about him expressing that love. Be it directly, indirectly, to his brother... your choice. :)'

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Aegnor is writing a letter to Finrod.

 

Major Characters: Aegnor

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Poetry

Challenges:

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 88
Posted on 18 February 2010 Updated on 18 February 2010

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A letter at the twilight of my days.

Read A letter at the twilight of my days.

And so my brother,
I finally sit,
pen to paper
as the day fails.
Another war is coming
and my days grow shorter
the whisper of Mandos
is ever in my ear.

So when I fail and fall
then know this,
the choices I made,
the journey to these shores,
every day spent since our fall
was worth it.
For here I found her,
mortal, ageing with each turning
of the season
and always more fair
than the nightly stars.

When I am gone, brother,
as soon I will be,
know this in your heart
and be glad.
I lived my life
through sadness and horrors
but ultimately
here
I lived in love.

Comments

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Something about Aegnor and Angrod has always drawn me in- Finarfin's poor, neglected middle sons. Everyone knows Finrod, Orodreth gets his minute to shine, and Galadriel never leaves. No one speaks of Angrod and Aegnor.

I love the poem itself, the way it looks back at everything that has happened. Makes Finrod's defense of Aegnor to Andreth more meaningful.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you :)

 

You are right, no one ever speaks of the two middle children, myself included. I know I have never managed to get as clear a 'feeling' of them as of some of the other Noldor so I was very pleased when I recieved this challange. It is why I was doing the challanges a few years back, they made me look at and write things that was not neccessarily where my greatest comfort in writing were lying.