perhin (perhin) wrote in perhin_fics, @ 2008-04-23 10:54:00 |
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Current mood: | bouncy |
Entry tags: | frodo, gen, gifts, lord of the rings, rated pg |
Too Far to Reach
Title:Too Far to Reach
Rating:PG
Summary:It will end...with a friend.
Dedicated to my best friend Allison.
Am I awake or am I asleep? Am I alive or dead? I do not know the answers to these questions. The fire burns around me and I can hardly breathe. Not only does the fire burn me, but my heart as well. I am so close, yet so far away. I want to hold It, but my hands are calmly pushed away whenever I try to grasp It.
I know what I must do, but I do not want to do it. I want to keep It here with me forever, here among the fire and hate. But there is love with the hate, though I can hardly recognize it, as it has been pushed back into a corner, too far to touch, to feel.
I want to be free. Free from the war, the hurt, the blood. Just to die would be a treat.
Something brushes against my brow. I open my eyes and see Sam. He smoothes my hair back off of my hot face. I attempt a half smile, but my lips are so cracked it hurts. He smiles at me in return and holds me tighter. I burrow my head into his dirty shirt and sigh. I cannot die. I cannot leave Sam far away from home alone. I stare up into the black-red sky.
"Frodo."
My name seems almost like a mystery to me.
"Yes, Sam?" I manage to choke out.
He looks at me with sympathetic eyes. "I just wanted to let you know that you need to sleep, as so we can finish our task."
Our task. No. It is my task, and I wish not to share it with anyone. It came to me and no one but me should suffer, but they do.
I look away from the sky and stare at Sam. I nod my head and close my eyes.
I wish it would end. And it will, with love in the form of a friend.