From Enmity to Friendship: Part 4 - Enlightenment

Henceforward I will call nothing fair, unless it be her gift.

You weep as we sail and proclaim a vow you cannot keep. 

You will find beauty again for such is your nature.  Have I not journeyed with you throughout Lothlórien? Have I not heard you speak reverently of beauty discovered?  Do I not understand you now?

May I be there when you encounter again beauty!  If I am not, I will be content.  For I have already beheld much through your eyes.

I count you blessed because you know beauty, Gimli.  I count me blessed because I know you.

12/16/2004

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

A/N:  Written for a four-part cycle posted on LiveJournal's Tolkien_weekly community.  Part 4 of the cycle is Enlightenment.