Legends of Belariath
Mozenwrathe
Syune's Lost Love
*written by the dragon goddess herself in the memory of her fallen dark elven lover, Rniht`Jakar of House Tor-Nocture, the scroll upon which this poem sits has been lost for well over two hundred years. this work tells of how the love of one goddess changed one cold-hearted killer into a lover and trusted friend. the goddess it has been said never truly recovered from the loss of Rniht`Jakar, even dashing away finally the last remnant of his presence into the Great Turbulence underneath the floating continent of Oceana. it has also been rumored the goddess Morpheous, taking pity upon the grand dragon goddess, allowed both the Ring of Scaled Passions and the scrolls save passage over the waters of the sea beneath her continent by guiding their paths personally with her vast talents. Still, these are both only rumors, but recent discoveries have called both these legendary hearsays into question once again...*
upon this earth do I lay to rest
the essence of one too close to heart
although he was once evil and cruel
now does my heart weep as we are apart
dragon's foul bane was he at first
forging himself in fires of cold
never once doubting his purpose in life
as his heart and mind were both far too bold
until he came across my path
with shining shield and powerful lance
though his mind told him my breast should he fill with steel
a heart thought destroyed told him to take one chance
with that in mind did he lay down his arms
approaching me with eyes of stone
yet when I took form of maiden of mortal means
did his soul belong to me alone
sunlight burned his flesh as would fire kindling
but could his will forget the pains he suffered
as when his strong arms wrapped around my waist
could his words entice me like no other
in his gaze could I see destiny mine
while his shoulder's could one rest their head
a love so vast never had I fathomed for myself
nor once I felt it imagined one day he would be dead
a soldier's life had he lived for so long
were not for that I never would have seen his way
and when the life came back for him
I could not help but send him away
when bloody sword wrenched his soul from his chest
did my own heart bleed as wounded from steel
and to his own goddess did I run to
before her to plea for his life did I kneel
yet upon deafened ears were my mournful cries
as one such as she denied all whom have earned peace
but in unexpected kindness did she take me up
and asked me quietly to allow my tears to cease
instead of wailing and abandoning my charges
though my heart without him was cowardly
could I create something like blade or spell
a monument to my lost love's memory
and with this wisdom in my heart
once more did glorious wings of gold take flight
into the oncoming sunrise far above his world
taking with me the secrets of the night
a single ring of gold and silver did I breathe
showing how my life and his remain together
even though now has he gone to just reward
for being what I truly know now was a treasure