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The Serpent Seeks It's TailStreams of steaming iceStreams of molten flame Compelled to clash In the whirling halls of chaos Is this a creation myth? Screeching atomic tide Stars blaze with insanity In generation destruction delights Formed by ice, forged by flame Frail mortal breathing Lathed by salt, poison laced Frail mortal dreaming Is this a parable? An endlessly retold tale A failed symbol for moment: Thus untamed is time Nature dismissed as nothing Ancient Ur-laws lost, defied Can you remember your own being? Where does your weary heart hide? A glimpse of boiling Ginnung Sloughs off this armoured weight Purging power of Salt, Fire, Water and Ash Dismiss with contempt The false forms you hold Become what you are Become what you must be Destroyed by ice, destroyed by flame Frail mortal breathing Lathed by salt, poison laced This frail mortal dreaming |