In Honor of Shield's Maiden

I don't like the feeling of
not knowing where I stand
I'm falling without a parachute,
And I don't know how I'll land.

I am at the mercy of the tempest
As the waters rise and fall
My lifeline has been broken and
The waves are cresting tall.

Lightning rends the sky in two.
Thunder crashes through the bitter air.
The ocean threatens to swallow my body,
By now I'm just too exhausted to care.

But there is an island on the horizon.
I see it when the waves rise beneath me.
Sun warmed-sands and tranquil bliss
Under the fronds of a coconut tree.

Though its strength will wax and wane,
And the isle seems so far,
This storm will not last forever,
Someday through the clouds I'll see the stars.

And through the waters calm at last,
Choked with the ruins of the fury of the Sea,
I'll swim towards my island slow but true,
And at last from my troubles be free.

Written By:
Rev. Shadow Fireraven DsM

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