witnessing each
cadence within snow
feline flickering opal
a pantomime begins
born into purpose
fallen from the lap
aurora borealis
sings synched light
dawn bore a white cloth
in this burning yielding
a roe deer cries
into the pyric sun
I have seen
galloping Valkyries
among the withered wind
once twice thrice
their hair as fire
speaking old tongues
of ice