Devotion by Flora-lass

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Fanwork Notes

Created for the Cheesy Corn Chips challenge (as part of New Year's Resolution) - because the song title prompt 'I Will Always Love You' seems appropriate for a poem which pretty much says 'I love you' ten times in fourteen lines! Beleg, of course, is deadly serious.

This isn't really a sonnet, although it owes a lot to the form. But it definitely owes something to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways' (including the rhyming of breath and death).

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Beleg loves Turin. Despite everything, because of everything, forever.

Major Characters: Beleg

Major Relationships: Beleg/Túrin

Genre: Poetry

Challenges: Cheesy Corn Chips, New Year's Resolution

Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 122
Posted on 14 January 2024 Updated on 14 January 2024

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Devotion

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When first I saw you, weary from the wild

I loved you as a parent loves a child.

I loved you, though you left without a word

And would not speak the truth that should be heard.

I love your foolish stubbornness and pride

(although King Thingol should not be defied).

I love you even in bad company

I love you when you whisper ‘stay with me’.

I love you as I seek you far and wide

I love you while we're fighting side by side.

When I believe you slain, true pain I know

And as I cut your bonds, I love you so!

I say ‘I love you’ with my final breath

And I still love you, even after death.

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