Starlight, Moonlight, light my sky tonight by Himring

Starlight, Moonlight, light my sky tonight

The Blue Mountains lay peacefully, blue as their name, under a sky of a more intense blue than they. Above them hovered the moon, too hazy to obscure the light of myriads of stars.

Celeborn drew a deep breath. Beside him, Tom had fallen silent.

Morgoth, Celeborn felt, was gone—not captive only, but gone from Arda. This night, the Valar must have thrust him Outside.

Despite their losses, despite the Marring, almost it felt once again as Tom had told: the dark under the stars when it was fearless—before Morgoth came from Outside.

‘A new Age,’ Celeborn said.

Chapter End Notes

Alludes to the following from FOTR, from the chapter "In the House of Tom Bombadil":
When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

The original photo was entitled Starlit and was B2MeM 2022 Photo Prompt P-24.

Also incorporates the following Tolkien Weekly prompts: moonlight, starlight.

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