By Galadrial
Date: 2002 May 17
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the halfling in the garden

she keeps to silent and shadows,
for need of solitude
and when she chances into full light,
it is with all speed,
then back again before the eye
is fully focused.
You think dragonfly,
or even fairy---
and you expect slender grace,
great beauty,
a hidden queen.
But she is only herself,
nursing a heart that too soon
believed too much,
and no longers counts
immortal love as her portion.
Mourn not the halfling heart,
and listen none too closely
to that sad humming.
And seek not to hold her
for you will find
she is just the glimmer
you wish for with your heart,
and never one you will love.