Across the rivers and lakes
To reach the mountains high
Resting deep in afar
In the dark malice walks awake
Ever sleepless, darker than nights of December
Waiting still in midnight black
To spread all over the world unguarded
Last days of autumn passes by
Withering with green summer leaves
While the road goes on, leading into the restless high
Far over the forest and seas
Among the ancient trees
Our path runs through the dark Woodland realm
To the Misty Mountains, far away to reach a dream
I sleep under the pines and see
A dream of home
Meadows so dear bathing in sunshine so warm
And memory revives a longing feel
Far over the porch of once dear home
My heart now longs for
A journey unseen, resting still in a dream
Far beyond the pale groove
I chase the fears stepping into the gloom
While this world of magic is real
Lying right before my eyes
It’s here — spreading all over the meadows and woods
And far away sparkling with white starlight
King’s care guards me from all the harm of the world yet undoomed
A dream of the quest
Heart desires beyond measure
To reach the once lost treasure
In the end of last autumn day
Sundown sets the beam to unveil the truth
Leading all dreams astray
I dream of the journey
Far path taking me to the lands spreading beyond the horizon
Sleepless and wonderful is the world and the road
Leading ahead so far away
In a dream it rests before the dawn
Far over the hills it calls me with a luring song
Seducing deeper my heart
With an elven lullaby
Dwelling in that realm lying beyond the mountains high and cold
Linlin's Poetry 