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The Norsemen
Ratatosk scampers up the rough bark
The World Tree is dying
The dragon gnaws at its roots
Even while hope is flying
In the form of the eagle and
Hawk at the brow
The deer stripping branches bare
Here between the earth and sky
Stands all worlds that we ever shared
Yggdrasil is dying even as are we
Life has no opposite though death to birth be
And so we gather courage
Between our bonds we are free
Oaths of family and blood and truth shall see
An ettin’s strength of arm
The Vanir’s swell of soul
Aesir’s call from high above
And landspirits from mount to shoal
Here we stand and here we are
The old ways in our hearts
Here we call and hear the answer
The old ways in our hearts
© Joanna van der Hoeven
Instinct
& Inspiration: A Collection of Poems - Joanna´s
new book
Image:
"Yggdrasil",
© Thyra 2005. Thyra´s
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