but still the door is closed
"But still the door is closed!" The Fellowship of the Ring: The Mirror of Galadriel
She senses him when he puts the One Ring on his finger, his darkness clawing at her mind, demanding entrance. For centuries, he’s tried to find a way back into her thoughts; to finish the feud that was never settled. He knocks, and knocks, and knocks, but still the door is closed.
She senses him when the One Ring slips from his grasp, his physical form torn asunder, his presence clinging to the power stored within his greatest creation. Weakened but not defeated, he reaches out to her, searching for holes in her mental walls. He knocks, and knocks, and knocks, but still the door is closed.
She senses him when the One Ring is destroyed, his being reduced to an aimless consciousness, doomed to forever linger on the hither shore. Shapeless and powerless, he calls out to her; a desperate plea to a mind that once loved him. He knocks, and knocks, and knocks, but still the door is closed.
there was only one raft: a collection of ficlets and vignettes
