Sacred Horse

Through air Along the path I laid Saw it race by Memories in tow Into the belly of the earth Light of dawn, all alone Char-like shadows, slither away – through water Wounded, burned and without site Not waiting for another night Now headed for the wild Called from afar and within – through soil Leaving lost wars behind Wildfires of need, calm waters of the mind – through thought Battle cries now resounded On a field at the world's end A clash of gods and giants In the centre of the mind Through emotion Through reality Saw a mound Had to bury Sung for another me Had to do (it), so that I could be One for sight Two for flesh Three were the norns Four corners of the worlds Five the number of a man Six one two and three Seven streams of blood Eight-legged child of Loke