In Suid Afrika is ons mense gewoond aan die ou roetine van ‘n perfekte Saterdagaand,. mammies doen die inkopies en Pappies bel so lank ‘n pel, kinders smeek vir speelgoed, dan koop mammie maar eerder skoolgoed. Ouma bak so lank koekies vir Maandag se tuisnywerheid. Oupa sit op die stoep en rook sy pyp, met die kat op sy boep en die blinde hond by sy voet!

There is a scene between Arwen and Elrond in Return of the King where she is asking him to tell her what he saw in her future. He tells her that he sees sorrow and death. As he unfolds to her his vision, the scene shifts to a possible future of hers where she is seen meandering through a dreary wood. She approaches a great bier and on it a marble coffin wherein lies the dead king. The sunset goes down behind her. That is the inspiration for this poem.