Straw Death

Hear this viewing of final pains Upon the precipice, where lifeblood wanes Wound-giver lying, tethered to straw A verdict pending, from potentials raw Alas, I attend, in vaults of lament Dreams unmanifest, where fervor's misspent Straw-death looms, judging eyes peer The wraiths of never-were, ever near Answer, O Álfar, kin of unrealized might Is it my doing, this sorrowful plight Did I forsake the Runes, did I mar the Web Or conjure you, haunters of each misstep Alas, I attend, in vaults of lament Dreams unmanifest, where fervor's misspent Straw-death looms, judging eyes peer The wraiths of never-were, ever near Cease, ye shadowed kinsmen, born of paths untrod Each Fate's clipping, each gift of a god Would you reckon as I, if in mortal guise Or repose as I do, when the life-spark dies Bound in the skein of Wyrd's ruthless loom No respite in ought, from cradle to tomb As Huginn and Muninn take wing from my seam I utter, I lived, though fractured the dream Alas, I attend, in vaults of lament Dreams unmanifest, where fervor's misspent Straw-death looms, judging eyes peer The wraiths of never-were, ever near Warrior, behold, the maidens of Hel Astride their dark steeds, but no final farewell They signal not end, but another weave's jest A reincarnation through All-Mother's breast