Regrets by ford_of_bruinen
Fanwork Notes
Poetry request:
Ladyelleth: 'How about something that features Nerdanel and Mahtan in the workshop?
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Summary:
Mahtan and nerdanel thoughts.
Major Characters: Mahtan, Nerdanel
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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Poetry
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Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 98 Posted on 18 February 2010 Updated on 18 February 2010 This fanwork is complete.
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I see her hair
bent over the stone
trying to lure out
another likeness
of the sons she lost,
the daughters she never had
and I wonder
should I have kept her
from this place,
from my apprentices
locked like a jewel
in my house,
never allowing the son of Finwe
to set eyes on her
and love her strength?I see him
in the corner of my eyes,
watching me.
That now ever-present frown
marring his brow,
fingers running
through his beard.
This careful man,
quiet
ever mindful of my feelings
is not the father I remember.
Where is his strength,
his temper and his booming laughter?
Did I fail him that badly,
by failing as a wife,
a mother,
is his disappointment that deep,
that rooted?
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