Title: Am Man Theled? Why?
Author: Calenlass Greenleaf
Disclaimer: Legolas, Aragorn, and Thranduil are not mine; they belong to Tolkien. The Mellon Chronicles are not mine; they belong Cassia and Siobhan. I own only the words.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Prose poem on the MC story, "Exile". No slash, sex, romance, or smut in the content of both story and poem. Any love is brotherly love. And I cried the first time I read it...pathetic, I know.
A/N: I had planned to write a very different prose poem (On Thranduil and Legolas), but I gave up because I could find the right words to express it. So I settled for this. It's rather short, I know. Oh well. At least I finally posted it.
Am Man Theled?
Why,
Why would you do this do me?
To me, your father,
Your king.
oOo
Is a human more important?
More important than my word,
My laws?
oOo
I told you not to interfere,
To stay away.
Yet you disobeyed me,
Ignored me,
And now your reputation is in jeopardy.
oOo
Tell me,
What was your reason for this act?
This risk,
This outright rebellion?
oOo
You leave me with no other choice,
For even a king is not above the law,
For your sake, I would nullify it,
Abolish it,
But I cannot.
oOo
Ai, iôn nîn,
No longer may I see you again,
No longer may I welcome you.
oOo
You are an outcast,
To be shunned.
oOo
Forgive me.
oOo
Tell me why you did this thing?
oOo
-Thranduil
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I would tell you
But you would not understand.
oOo
The most I can say is this:
Love for someone should come before duty.
oOo
He did not encourage me to help me.
He tried to dissuade me.
oOo
This was my own decision,
My own choosing.
oOo
I cast away my title,
Because I had promised,
I promised to help him in any way,
Long before you told me I could not.
oOo
Can I break an oath of love?
Or shun a friend in need?
Nay.
I had to do this, my father.
For his sake,
For my brother.
oOo
I wish you could see my reasons,
Why I did this.
oOo
May we meet again someday, Ada.
There is nothing to forgive.
I will miss you.
oOo
Navaer.
oOo
-Legolas
I Veth
Translations (all are Sindarin):
Iôn nîn - my son
Ada - dad
Navaer - Farewell
A/N: Well, what do you think of it? I would love to know...
Calenlass Greenleaf, Keeper of Legolas' pronunciation of "Aragorn" and the brotherly bond between Legolas and Aragorn.