Very nicely done. Reading your poem makes me want to go re-read the Silmarillion.
For some reason it reminds me of the battle between Finrod Felagund and Sauron...
"He chanted a song of wizardry,
Of piercing, opening, of treachery,
Revealing, uncovering, betraying.
Then sudden Felagund there swaying,
Sang in answer a song of staying,
Resisting, battling against power,
Of secrets kept, strength like a tower,
And trust unbroken, freedom, escape;
Of changing and of shifting shape,
Of snares eluded, broken traps,
The prison opening, the chain that snaps.
Backwards and forwards swayed their song.
Reeling and foundering, as ever more strong
The chanting swelled, Felagund fought,
And all the magic and might he brought
Of Elvenesse into his words.
Softly in the gloom they heard the birds
Singing afar in Nargothrond,
The sighing of the Sea beyond,
Beyond the Western shores on sand,
On sand of pearls in Elvenland.
Then the gloom gathered; darkness growing
In Valinor, the red blood flowing
Beside the Sea, where the Noldor slew
The Foamriders, and stealing drew
Their white ships with their white sails
From lamplit havens. The wind wails,
The wolf howls. The ravens flee.
The ice mutters in the mouths of the Sea.
The captives sad in Angbad mourn.
Thunder rumbles, the fires burn-
And Finrod fell before the throne."
-Of Beren and Luthien, Quenta Silmarillion, The Silmarillion. Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
If you're interested in this kind of thing, I suggest you go and read the Silmarillion. Though if I had to guess, I'd say harper has already read it...
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