Song for Tamain

The links we made for Loyalty's sake

Are shattered now.

The chains that bound us mind and soul

Are fallen all away.

The heart you warmed, the laugh you woke,

Is empty now, and silent.

All that's left is memory

Of glory and of wonder.

All that's left is tinder - yet

I'll burn it in your honour.

I'll reforge broken chains

In flames sparked out of anguish,

Fed with tears and bitter loss

They'll make tools for new tomorrow.

I know you know - I know you'll hear

When skin is sloughed.

I'll build a world for kith and kin

When dawn is come.

We'll give our selves, our souls, our hearts

To stand again.

Your grave will flower gardens, roses;

Your name will blazon heroes, glory;

Your light will be remembered yet;

And I –

this life –

am empty.