Eryn McConnell<p>Cold descends fast <br />Smothering my senses<br />The wind whips up<br />In a fell voice upon<br />The wintered mountain<br />Who are your stars,<br />The voice rasps<br />Rough to my ears<br />My stars are those<br />Who I venerate, my Gods<br />Deities of hearth, of war<br />Of fire, of the sea, of healing<br />I say<br />And what of I, child<br />Skadi asks, voice chill<br />Sending ice running sharp<br />Through my shivering veins<br />Can you venerate me?<br />Can you love winter?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Venerate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Venerate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Skadi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Skadi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NorseMythology</span></a><br />Art is of Skadi and is by Andantonius on Deviantart</p>