Prompt #21: "There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you."
It only continues for a time, and eventually the pain is worn away. What remains does not hurt, but it is present inside you.

I can never speak of my first death, for those who killed me. Though I revenged myself for deeds that were evil, it left me ashamed and in torment for reasons I am never going to be able to speak of. I did once, and I cannot again. It is an unbearable agony, to know some of your greatest hurts you cannot speak of, for speaking them, and the truth in them, will only hurt others just as much.



muse: haldir
fandom: tolkien