Two poems written for the LOTR Community Challenge April challenge "Beauty of Arda." Elements: believe -receive

Simbelmynë

Pale bloom of sorrow

Cloth that you weave

On this green meadow

Teach me to grieve

Teach me to follow

Each breath I heave

My heart is hollow

Loth to receive

Sleep from my pillow

Loth to perceive

Green of the willow

Amber of eve

My path is narrow

Teach me retrieve

Promise: tomorrow

I shall believe

Falls of Rauros

would you believe:

from height and heat

such spray and sparkle

such profusion of rainbows

the perfume of moisture

clinging to rock and leaf

such powerful lullaby

water's song of descent

the Raur-roar

the Raur-rhythm

that drowns your mind

the cool, cool breath of the depth

the translucent kiss -

withdraw

retrieve your thoughts, move on:

the river awaits