timeless

The Tolkien trilogy leaves worlds unsaid
cosmology goes wholly unexplained
we only learned, once JRR laid dead
what publisher and author had disdained.
But posthumously, Chris reploughed that  field
exposing what laid buried to the light
whole cultures and their biases revealed
now readers 'round the globe thrill to their plight.
Grand myths, inscribed on vellum, clay, or wax
transcend the mere historian's dry art
announcing truths, transcending puny facts
that resonate directly in the heart.
The glories of a long-forgotten age
evoked by static ink on fragile page.