berkanan/

the man i once was
still lingers
as raw shoots
betwixt the brierheart black
time to clear deadwood
learn to live again
as i once did

tiwaz/

i persist
and righteously
offer my fist
to hurdles placed
in my path to you:
promises made in days gone by
will be kept

all true warriors
look to the sun
to banish shadow
melt ice
to guide one down
a tangled path

shielded by valkyrie wings
elk stands guard
wolf stalks threats
raven cries warnings
i am protected
what can bypass
defenses such as these?

we cast dice
gamble lives
dovie'andi se tovya sagain
stories unfold
of our many possible pasts
leaving small effects to
chance

transmigration
i recall the you before
sunlit hair and fasted
we kissed the
eternal kiss
embraced by yew

what once had happened
will happen once again
cycling, returning
our summer
melts the ice within

lost love encased
in the ice of time and
distant by miles
even the rime must give way
to sun some day
then
we'll be well met
on that chromatic bridge

the world
offers me
hardship and
binds me in knots
in threads of ørlǫg
i dare to pick at
the frayed ends
belief in self

though our
wyrd rides us cold
and hard
rime will melt
leaving
reforged steel
tempered in frost