Nazgul

 

Darkness and shadow and shadow and night,
Thin, wild cry from a hell-birthed sprite,
Curling and twisting in tortuous flight,
Darkness and shadow and shadow and night.

Longing and hunger and hunger and greed,
Ravenous screech of a desperate breed,
Shrieking the tale of a terrible need,
Longing and hunger and hunger and greed.

Wasting and fire and fire and doom,
Withering hymn to a festering bloom,
Sweet with a hideous, poison perfume,
Wasting and fire and fire and doom.

Terror and loathing and loathing and fear,
Labyrinth echo assaulting my ear,
Wuthering wild in a melody drear,
Terror and loathing and loathing and fear.

Shudder and tremble and tremble and dread,
Quiver in hiding from creatures undead,
Valor has melted and courage has fled,
Shudder and tremble and tremble and dread.

Darkness and shadow and shadow and night,
Staining my dreams with a foretelling sight,
Visions dusk-painted with demon and wight,
Darkness and shadow and shadow and night.

 


C. Baillie / '03