Title: Solus Mons
Fandom: The Hobbit
Rating: G
Length: 78
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Morgynleri for encouragement & sanity-checking.
Summary: A Riddle





Tall I stand, alone twixt water, hill and wood, my plains all unpeopled.
No bell rings in vale, nor hammer falls in forge or hall, though fire sleeps within:
a cruel golden canker poisoning my veins, prisoning legacy and art.
But my heart yet shines: a silent promise in the dark of light,
awaiting the return of children scattered neath unceilinged air.
Moon and Sun together must abide ere eye be opened, at the turning of the year.