Rise now
Oh winter winds
Rise!
send forth your frosty vanguard
drain the moisture
from the air
before it ripping the breath
from the lungs
unleash the host of
the Old God’s domain
the frost remembers
an ancient era
before warmth
before man
when there was only cold
The frost reaches forth
ice tempers fire
a connection forged
to times
when trolls and dwarves
and wraiths and ghosts
hunted those
boldly venturing
forth from firesides
a shiver up the spine
independent
of the breath
hanging
before bluing lips
did those pioneers
envision
imagine
it be their soul
departing
puff by labored puff
and might
that demise
that quiet drift into
frozen darkness
be preferred
to another night
in deepest winter’s dark
for aye
the frost remembers
those bygone days
before the sun and stars
when only the cold
reigned
frosted fingers creep forth
over crackling grass
and fallen leaves
remnants
Rise now!
Oh winter winds
Rise!
and remind us
who once ruled
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