A memory of a story from long ago by AdmirableMonster  

What ship would bear me ever back?

With thanks to Starspray for the prompt: "But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me, / What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?"

You must remember Valinor, my child, for it was my home once.  Perhaps one day you will return.  Though little of the blanket is left, for I have bartered it away, piece by piece, it is still your heritage, little one.  I will never return there, for I have seen my fate.  Even had I not, I would still remain, for your father cannot pass across that sea.  His people are not free, but they are a proud people, and they are also yours.  Remember that.  They have become their own gods. Carry your ancestors with you as you grow.