Smeagol I am a splash in the water
He is a flicker in the flames
He is a corrupt killer
I am an innocent soul
He slays without a thought
I wouldn’t harm a fly
I am an innocuous child laughing
He is a blackened body smoldering
His heart is charred and shrunken
Mine is vast enough to embrace the world
My only thoughts were for life, and love
He lives for the ring—and the ring alone

Gollum I am more cunning than a fox
He is as foolish as a child
He would have shriveled up and died
It was because of me that we survived
I know the treachery of the hobbits
He would embrace them, and all their deceit
He loves the world and all within
I hate it all for what it is
I have the courage to go on
He is afraid of his shadow
He adores the sun; the moon
I abhor the garish light, burning
I love the Precious; I live to call it my own
This softhearted fool cares naught for the ring