While the Arrow Flies by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

This could be described as a dark-ish AU not very friendly to the Valar.
But that would imply more plot and maybe more of a thesis than the poem actually has.
It came out of a sombre mood more than a theory.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

While the arrow flies: that's the arrow in "speed now this feathered shaft".
What to do in the time we have?
Especially if the eagle never comes.

Major Characters: Fingon

Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros

Genre: Alternate Universe, Poetry

Challenges:

Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate

Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 122
Posted on 1 July 2022 Updated on 1 July 2022

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While the Arrow Flies

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There was no eagle—

only that feathered shaft in its flight

centuries delayed.

 

We are still on the Mountain,

although I never left the Ice.

 

Those who let loose Death among us

have tasted the flavour of our tears

and pronounced it wanting.

 

We have been dying too fast

to spend time reading the small print.

 

Ignore the contract.

It has become irrelevant;

there is no escape clause.

 

If there is to be mercy,

we must invent it,

before we freeze white in the dark,

before the mailed heel comes down,

before the arrow strikes.

 

Because this is all we have:

the arrow flying inexorably, slowly....

 

What might we save in the interval?

How might we love,

before it finally strikes home?

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