Bones Of The Wolf

Ash,
Falling from the sky,
Blood,
Raining until dry,
Tears,
Filling the eye

A boy flees the burning village,
Family and home now dead,
Trying to escape the unending pillage,
Symmetry and sense clouded by dread

North,
Following the runes,
Elders,
Speaking of the moons,
Behind,
Running from savage dooms

A rival faction seeking the end,
Numbers, surging forth,
Their home they could not defend,
Murderers, scorching earth

Snow,
Assaults all those entering its wild,
Wind,
Blinds foreign deceivers seeking the child,
Ahead,
Ancients dwell with anger not mild

Reaching the howling cave,
Enemies lurking near,
Entering the youngling did brave,
Sentries sensing fear

Darkness,
Wandering black halls,
Terror,
Looming behind and before, it calls,
Downward,
Fumbling, the lost child falls

Landing in a great, cavernous place,
Seeing the ancient wolfs bones,
Crawling within that empty space,
Sleeping neath the ribs and stones

Awaken,
Bring forth your power,
Beckon,
Sing and shout this hour,
Stricken,
Bring end to their wicked tower

Voice emanating from nothing,
Sacrifice must be paid,
Choice resonating to something,
Paradise shall be saved

Shuddering,
Gone is death,
Enveloping,
Lone boys breath,
Howling,
One they becometh

Wake the beast within,
Hearts eaten, splintered shields, broken ranks,
Slake the thirst, begin,
Starts unbeaten, wintered fields, oaken flanks

Chasing,
Soldiers across lands of plunder,
Cleaving,
Warriors split through asunder,
Stalking,
Towers fall by the wolf from under

Nearing the last bastion,
Wound inflicted deep,
Forgoing all fashion,
Hound toppled the keep

Battered,
Angry god returns,
Tattered,
Hungry, covered in burns,
Gathered,
Country, worshipped, blaring horns

Sinking back into the cave,
Quest fulfilled,
Succumbing to end it cannot stave,
Breast impaled

Cold,
Stillness ensues,
Hold,
Breathless sinews,
Old,
Timeless renews