Ash & Elm

Through Hvergelmer's seething depth's Where primordial giants wept Three mighty gods did chance upon Two logs of ash and elm, foregone Odin, Hoenir, and Loki keen In the heart of Ymir's vast ravine Saw not just timber coarse and crude But a nascent canvas life imbued With divine intent and magic seidr They wove their power nature's breeder In ash and elm their essence cast A spell of life, forever vast Odin breathed into their forms Life's breath amidst the frenzied storms Hoenir gave them wit and will The mind's fire never still But Loki sly with witches' song In their veins let flow the throng Of his fiery, fierce essence Lifeblood's warmth Existence's presence Thus from deadwood humans grew Under Ygg, arms wide and true Born of magic divine decree In their being, the gods flow free In humble wood life was found On Midgard's solid sacred ground By Odin, Hoenir and Loki's grace Man and woman found their place Just two logs on a barren strand Became the genesis of man Remember well this ancient rite Of gods who made us in the night With divine intent and magic seidr They wove their power nature's breeder In ash and elm their essence cast The spell of life forever vast Odin breathed into their forms Life's breath amidst the frenzied storms Hoenir gave them wit and will The mind's fire never still But Loki, sly with witch's song In their veins let flow the throng Of his fiery fierce essence Lifeblood's warmth Existence's presence Thus from deadwood humans grew Under Ygg, arms wide and true Born of magic, divine decree In their being the gods' flow free In humble wood life was found On Midgard's solid sacred ground By Odin, Hoenir, and Loki's grace Man and woman found their place Just two logs on a barren strand Became the genesis of men Remember well this ancient rite Of gods who made us in the night