Crying Elm Of Sorrow
© Surazeus
2026 05 16

We see him under the crying elm of sorrow
as if his body has transformed to stone,
yet nobody understands what he says,
so we cover him with eglantine vines
that bloom with delicate petals of faith
that remind our hearts of Ithilien.

Horses under the crying elm of sorrow
discuss philosophy with Socrates
who teaches them to question what is real
but they are too innocent to rebel
when humans harness them to pull fruit wagons
in our journey home to Ithilien.

Emerging from the crying elm of sorrow,
we gather on the lake shore every summer
to dance by starlight among apple trees
and share stories about our families,
then part with tears to our home villages
scattered through valleys of Ithilien.

Strange ghosts under the crying elm of sorrow,
far off in shadowed woods of yesteryear,
speak with voices more enchanting than flutes
which haunt our lonely afternoons at home
while we tend lush gardens of vegetables
that bloom by rivers of Ithilien.

World Queen under the crying elm of sorrow
sings heart-aching melodies about loss
to children who sit at her feet with eyes
wide as the silver moon behind rain clouds
who remember her voice when they grow old
and wail for spirit of Ithilien.

Phoebe walks toward the crying elm of sorrow
with hesitant steps of perceptive grace
to offer bowl of milk with kind intention
to old bearded Wulfgar, wounded by war,
who accepts her gift, and weeps as he drinks
to think of souls lost in Ithilien.

Stalled car beside the crying elm of sorrow,
that Mercury once drove across the land
to perform at concerts in every city
before adoring crowds of hungry ghosts,
now rusts in silent stillness of hot air
and decays in woods of Ithilien.

Dancing under the crying elm of sorrow,
Draupadi glides with grace of secret love
to express lamentation of her heart
for all the people killed in civil wars
whose names vanish in spring winds of tomorrow
though they linger mute in Ithilien.

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Orpheus chops down the crying elm of sorrow to build river boat that he sails over sea of dragons to his new home in valleys of Ithilien.

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