The Lay of Meili

From the words of a Raven:                                           

            1. Flew I high into the Nothing,

            All-That-Is below, Higher-Still;

            When first laid eyes, eyes on He,

            The Silent-One-Still, I landed on sill.  

            2. Sat I silent, freely I obfuscate,

            Obscure-Nothing, Her-Friend, watched I;

            She came, I saw, Silence-My-Shield,

            Nothing stirred, on that cliff-face. 

            3. A Hunters’-Hold She gave Him,

            Obscured by Nothing, Her-Silence-My-Shield;

            The Grip-of-Grief, He knew full Well,

            When Fjorgynn to He gave freely.  

            4. I saw through the darkness, there,

            All-That-Is, farther still;

            When first laid eyes, eyes on She,

            Odhinn’s-Oathed, Frigg, I sat on sill. 

            5. From the Nothing of the cliff-corners,

            Frigg slipped forward, I see Her still;

            Holde taught Her well, Her gown embroidered,

            Flax-Spun, Gold-Wove, on that cliff-face. 

            6. As the Hunters’-Hold tightened, She flew,

            Past Fjorgynn, flew Odhinn’s-Oathed;

            Flew She high, into the Nothing,

            All-That-Is below, higher still.  

            7. Flew I high, after The-Bride, higher still,

            Through Ljos and kind, to Asgard;

            To Odni’s-Side went She, I sank,

            Into the Nothing, lower still. 

            8. Returned there to Fjorgnastead,

            Nothing but She, saw I, and Silence;

            The Hunters’-Hold released, Nothing,

            Nothing stirred, I flew from sill.

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