A blog of written and visual stories from a second life
∴ No wealth, no ruin, no silver, no gold
Nothing satisfies me but your soul
Oh, Death
Well I am Death, none can excel
I’ll open the door to heaven or hellContinue reading✤ My name is Death and the end is here . . .
∴ “Easily to be known is,
by those who to Odin come,
the mansion by its aspect. Its roof with spears is laid,
its hall with shields is decked,
with corslets are its benches strewed.”
– ‘Grímnismál,’ ‘Poetic Edda’.Continue reading✤ Going home . . .
∴ As my eyes lay upon the map, all I see is lands soaked in the blood of my ancestors. And yet, others are ploughing the fields, and stepping along the roads . . . no more, I say! Soon enough, the lands will return to their rightful owners. Continue reading✤ Taking back what was once ours . . .
∴ I tell myself, four years have passed. Things must have changed. I certainly have. Whether or not the civilized world is ready to accept me again, I will be coming. Continue reading✤ After four years . . .
∴ You said you’d be coming. Don’t get scared on me now. I don’t bite. Continue reading✤ Tonight, at 9 . . .
∴ I know there’s a question mark, but it’s not really a question. Come get your dessert. Continue reading✤ Dessert . . . ?
∴ I’m only asking. I don’t need you to take me to the edge of the road . . . but if you want, I got a seat inside. So, are you coming? Continue reading✤ Are you . . . coming?
∴ Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-ExuperyContinue reading✤ Outwardly . . .
∴ Did you miss me. Did you miss me. Did you miss me. Continue reading✤ Guess who’s back, baby . . .
∴ By the light, by the light of the sun
Children of the blood
Our enemies are breaking through
Children of the bloodContinue reading✤ Lament of the Highborne . . .