Title: Lu'izri — Don't Ask
Fandom: Original, The Hobbit
Rating: G
Length: 207
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Morgynleri for encouragement & sanity-checking. Also for helping with the title. Lu'izri is 'don't ask' in Khuzdul.
Summary: Relationships are complicated.




When the fire burns too hot, don't ask
Don't question the ground beneath your feet
Be careful what you wish for
Be careful what you say
Too much definition
Could take it all away
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask.

If the wind blows chill, don't ask
Ride out the waves of passion & of pride
There is no reassurance
No rest or safe repose
The words have not been given
To clothe your naked soul
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask.

If words would bind too fast, don't ask
The promise and the presence are not yours
The questions all have answers
You may not want to know
If the edge you walk could crumble
Or if the pain might show--
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask.

Have care for what you've got, don't ask
Words could turn the willing flesh to stone
Touch the tinder lightly,
But a breath will burn
The sharpest wounds are deeper
Than any eye discerns
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask.

So let the fire burn, don't ask
Hold the wind & water in your hands
Keep the hurts all hidden
Staunch the blood alone
Pin the pain to music
And sing it to the stones
Don't ask, don't ask, don't ask.