From the Crow's Nest

[rabidsamfan]

Yet another holiday drabble.

belegcuthalion asked for this one... sort of...



The waters of the sea are wide, as wide as all the world, and her colors ever changing with the light and wind and clouds. I did not know the sea was like this. I could not imagine such a thing. Even now I search for something to relieve the endlessness. A flight of birds, a splash of dolphins, a bit of land.

And one thing more… a funeral boat, grey and light, that carries a lost friend. Boromir, Boromir, if Rauros did not overset your coffin, surely the sea could not. I would like a chance to say goodbye.

Comments

[azur-infinie.livejournal.com]

Goodness, I'd never thought of that. This is beautiful!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you liked it.

[shirebound]

I don't know whose POV this is, and that's one of the things I like about it. Lovely!

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Well, I do, but I won't give it away!

*wink*

[danachan.livejournal.com]

Oh. Wow. I'd never have thought...

This is gorgeous. *sigh*

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Thank you... I thought of it during my break at work and it sort of wrote itself from there.

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

You really know how to pierce (and to heal) a heart with words, my dear. And I didn't know how desperately I needed this before I saw it a quarter of an hour ago.

Thank you.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

A quarter of an hour? Should I send kleenex? (I wrote it on my break at work, but I'd been trying to think of something for you for a while now.)

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Too late for kleenex, dear (though I could have needed it). And thank you again. I especially like the beginning with the ocean - as a granddaughter of an old frisian granny I have a big heart (and longing) for the sea. And I love the thought that Frodo wishes for a last goodbye.

[gentlehobbit.livejournal.com]

Huh? I didn't respond to this drabble? But it made quite an impact on me.

I don't know who's POV this is supposed to be, but I imagine it to be Frodo's as he is sailing West. Unfamiliar with the Sea, but he never had a chance to say goodbye to Boromir unlike Legolas and Gimli who sailed later. It could also be Sam many, many years later, but I think that Frodo would feel the lost chance at friendship more keenly, given that he and Boromir parted on unfriendly terms (especially as he learned of Boromir's repentance later).

Of course, it could just be my Frodo-centric mind speaking... :)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

It can be Frodo if you like. I'm glad you liked it. The holiday drabbles are great fun because some of the ideas would never have struck me otherwise.