{"id":18390,"date":"2016-08-13T10:25:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T14:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=18390"},"modified":"2016-08-13T13:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T17:18:14","slug":"valhalla-screams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/valhalla-screams\/","title":{"rendered":"Valhalla Screams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coveted silence, coveted night,\u00a0<\/span>revelations flood like streams of light.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

When purpose ceases, when vision fails, <\/span>when love is gone,\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

I can hear every banshee\u2019s wail.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

I see the wooden plots cresting <\/span>on the water\u2019s gentle waves.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Archers with their flaming bows, <\/span>aiming towards the floating graves,<\/span><\/h4>\n

Valhalla screams, \u201cCome home!\u201d, <\/span>to those lost lingering souls.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

In their death, they are found,\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Divine hands sweeping back the unseen veil.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

A mere breath and all may fail,\u00a0<\/span>a mere breath and all might be well.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Do not fear the darkness, <\/span>for it cannot exist without the light.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

Do not despise the hard fall\u00a0<\/span>against the unforgiving ground,<\/span><\/h4>\n

for strength cannot be shown <\/span>without rising to your feet.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Do not despair <\/span>over the battles and wars that are lost,<\/span><\/h4>\n

for without conflict, <\/span>love\u2019s untested nectar couldn\u2019t taste as sweet.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Do not rage against just and unjust death,<\/span><\/h4>\n

for they are fixed and inevitable points in time.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

In our darkest hours, in the vilest of nights, <\/span><\/h4>\n

in the midst of death\u2019s cruel blow,\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

the human soul is embraced and accepted,\u00a0L<\/span>ove always taking us home.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

2nd of 12<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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