A Stolen Gift by Flora-lass

A Stolen Gift

I sing, and you sleep,

As I hold you close and hate myself.

For we are the cause of your nightmares

But you accept my comfort.

I sing and you sleep

As I watch our brothers share their pain.

Yours still weeps softly, and mine silently

(though he does not know I see).

I sing and you sleep

As I think of the twins who are gone.

You are a stolen gift, so undeserved,

Yet how could we not love you?

I sing and you sleep

As I dream of a life with no Oath.

For you I wish no more sorrow

Only music and learning, and laughter in the snow.

I cease, and you stir

So I stroke your hair, and wonder

why you are not afraid of me.

You have found something I thought was lost.

You smile, and I am sure

that I could never hurt you.

Oh, I pray it may be so!

But I am doomed, and who now will listen?

Chapter End Notes

(Of all the reasons Maedhros has to weep, on this occasion he's thinking about Fingon, and how the twins are far more closely related to him and how much he would have loved them...)