To a beauty

[Gwaihir]

To a Beauty

 

First I came for information

I didn’t want to come at all

But somehow I just couldn’t skip

Was it a purely coincidence,

Or had your spell already struck?

That day I came, I plucked a leaf-

I promptly lost that fair elm though.

Told you that it didn’t matter,

Point in fact I wanted it back.

Said I’d come by and get a new.

I think I knew it even then:

I wasn't coming for the leaf.

 

And then today-life too quiet,

Needed the peace to be my choice.

I came to join your quiet haunts.

I came, but feared that I’d intrude,

Unwelcome on your silent walks.

Dear, I’ve never seen such beauty,

Such joy to walk with you right here,

Your mallards who don’t want me here-

Consistently avoiding me.

And oh your trees! Your tall old trees!

 

Goodbye pretty, for I must go,

But I’ll be back, beauteous graveyard!

 

Just for the record I'm not quite as screwed up as that makes me sound

[Peredhil]

As a side-project, I'm trying to go back through the various Pen areas and removed the extra blank lines that the conversion from Ezboard inserted.

 

Ran across this wonderful warped gem. heh!