Praise the Gods

I am the one you fear because you do not understand,

But look deep within and see all that I am.

I am a shape-shifter challenging you to change;

giving you strength you didn’t have before entering my domain.

I am your constant shadow, hidden and unknown;

calling you from the deep when you refuse to go alone.

I am a phantom queen, alluring darkness where few travel,

wrapping you in black wings before your life unravels.

I am the one who stripped you naked, of all you thought to bring,

tools that cannot protect you from my bitter underworld sting.

I am the one who flung you out

upon that mist-filled path

before you crawled in confusion

through the barren and parched strath.

I am a warrior queen calling you for battle,

sparking fury pulses within you and making your bones rattle.

I am a river goddess but not the one holding you down;

soon you will realize, it was me who let you drown.

-Raysdottir 08/16/2014