Poetry Grrrl

I Sit and Think

I sit beside the fire and think of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies in summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun and wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring that I shall ever see. 

For still there are so many things that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring there is a different green.
I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago,
and people who will see a world that I shall never know.
But all the while I sit and think of times there were before,
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door.

--JRR Tolkien

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One Response to “JRR Tolkien – I Sit and Think”

1. julie semple says:

   June 1, 2011 at 1:57 pm

   um amazing much? my answer is yes yes absolutely yes. this made me think and was amazing... way to be and way to represent:)

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