I have built with broken bones, I have bent what simply breaks. Skin to center, I have forged myself from steel. And steel may melt and coil and collapse, But I have befriended the dawn, the day, the dusk; The flames of Sól are the feathers of my wings And my courage frightens fear, And my words give form to force, And now the phantasms of every wish I have kept are given flesh. Witness my rise, and if I seem to fall, watch me closer; my flight is far from finished.
This poem is written in "Galdralag" (lit. "the meter of magic spells), which harkens back to the cultural magic of the Ancient Germanic and Norse peoples. This is part of my poetry series called "Galdrbook."