Disclaimer – Lord of the Rings is owned by J.R.R. Tolkien, his family, New Line cinema, etc . I have written this poem for my own enjoyment.
A gift for Antane (who asked nicely for it - hope it lives up to your expectations).
Also for Celeritas whose review of ‘Hope and Light' inspired the content.
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Summary: As Aragorn fights to save the lives of the two hobbits rescued from Mordor, Sam 'talks some sense' to Frodo.
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Oh Mister Frodo
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Oh Mister Frodo please don’t go
Your guilt and pain are great I know
But can’t you hear old Strider’s plea?
He must behold you safe and free
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My dearest Sam it is too much
For cursed am I with dreadful touch
And I can only hear It sing
This foul lament of Sauron’s Ring
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But Mister Frodo Its undone
That Thing’s destroyed and you have won
The right to live a Hobbit life
Happy, safe and free of strife
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My Sam it comes at dreadful cost
My soul despairs, all Joy is lost
What life can there be now for me?
Despair and guilt won’t set me free
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No Mister Frodo can’t you see?
Always you can depend on me
This guilt you feel is just plain wrong!
As I’ve been saying all along
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My dearest Sam my truest Friend!
Your loyalty does comfort lend
Do I deserve such blessed trust
For all my wrongs can that be just?
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Oh Mister Frodo please don’t say
Such things about yourself that way!
You’ve never wronged, you never could
Your Sam would tell you if you should!
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My Sam you are the only Light
To brighten life’s unhappy sight
But Darkness too holds me in sway
I cannot chase my pain away
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Then Mister Frodo if you must
Go now and as you have my trust
I’ll follow you to certain end
For I can’t live without my Friend!
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No Sam! You must not say such things!
What of the Joy your presence brings
To all your friends and family?
Do not abandon them for me!
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No Mister Frodo! If you leave
Your poor unhappy Sam will grieve
And Darkness too will claim my soul
My ruin be its only goal
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But Sam your Rosie she will weep
Without your love her heart will sleep
Forever in a Joyless dream
An empty place her life will seem
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Mister Frodo I won’t deny
The thought of that could make me cry!
But if I stay and you depart
I’ll still be losing half my heart!
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Dear Sam it seems you cannot win
A true dilemma you are in
Your anguish is an ache to see
When you have done so much for me
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Then Mister Frodo will you stay?
And find that Joy in each new day
Can heal your wounds if you allow
Your friends and Sam will show you how!
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My dearest Sam you ask a lot
My life may be forever fraught
By evil dreams of evil deeds
That in my heart their poison breeds
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Oh Mister Frodo don’t despair
Look in your heart. Your Sam is there!
And I will hold the curse at bay
That tries to take its beat away!
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My dearest Sam! Beloved Friend!
You stood by me at bitter end
And saw my moment of disgrace
As Ring on finger I did place
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Mister Frodo that wasn’t you
Just a shadow I never knew
That Thing could never sully such
A dear one that I love so much
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But Sam if I should choose to live
Do you think others could forgive
My betrayal? Or shall I hide
The shameful truth of greed and pride?
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Now, Mister Frodo you withstood
Lasted longer than others could
The pull of evil, greed and terror
That no one could defy forever
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My Sam you are so good to me
Perhaps I can a glimmer see
Of Hope if you forever stand
And hold my shameful, sorry hand
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Mister Frodo I’ll keep it well
Your wounds and pain will soon dispel
I’ll trim the fears and clip the doom
And soon inside you Joy will bloom
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Oh dearest Sam! I can’t refuse
I’ll stay beside you if you choose
To walk amongst the living yet
Rejoin my kin, despair forget
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Then Mister Frodo let’s go home!
Old Strider’s pleas our minds still roam
And we must set his heart at ease
Now follow me, Sir, if you please