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Loki Project Day 31
Thank You, Loki
For a month of celebrating You
Deepening my understanding day by day
The opportunity to come to know You better
The promise of knowing You deeper
Thank You, Loki
For pushing me to write each day
For making me express myself differently each poem and post
For letting me touch, if for a moment, a powerful piece of You
Thank You, Loki
For letting me know Your family just a bit better
For sharing Your pain with me, even if I will never fully grasp it
For letting me know Your Wives better than I did
For allowing me to know Your Children better
Thank You, Loki
For touching my heart through Your Love
For touching my heart through Your Pain
For touching my heart through Your Pleasure
For touching my heart through Your Patience
For touching my Heart through Your Presence
Thank You, Loki,
For blessing me with Your stories
For blessing me with Your Presence
For blessing me with a month full of praise to You, Your kin, Your Children, Your Wives
Thank You for being in my life, Loki
For blessings beyond count
For truths I have had to find inside me
For hidden feelings brought to light
For coming nearer to Your Holiness
Hail Loki Laufeyson!
Hail to Angrboda, Hag of the Iron Wood!
Hail to Sigyn, Lady of Staying Power!
Hail to Hel, Greeter and Keeper of the Dead!
Hail to Jormungand, Boundary-Keeper of Midgard!
Hail to Fenrir, Rage Unbound!
Hail to Narvi, Gentle Child, Victim-Bond!
Hail to Váli, Sweet Child, Mad-Driven!
Hail, Loki, to Your family, Your friends, and Your People
Your greatness, Your generosity, Your pains, Your family, Your blessings, will never be forgotten
Ves ðu heil!
Loki Project Day 30
I feel the heat, hear the crackle of the fire; there You are, looking back to me as I gaze into You
The logs sputter as they lose their water, Your gentle caresses inflaming them with their hidden fire
Were I to reach in for long, you would do the same to me, not out of malice, but of Your nature
To unlock the potential within us; how can we blame You if the process hurts? Shouldn’t have stuck your hand in the fire
Just by Your Presence I am warmed, the fire expands under Your breath, the dead trees catching
Your sacred önd blows, and the heat presses against my face; I think perhaps this is why we cannot get too close to Gods
If we do not wish to be consumed in Your Presence, Your Being, that alights our hearts, minds, and souls, our tree-selves like kindling
Yet I do wish to be closer to the Gods, to you, Loki, to Odin, so I ask if I am mad; no, I decide, it is not mad to desire to be near the ones you love
So I sit as close as I can, distanced respectfully, close as I can, so I can see You, hear You, away from the distractions of life and little concerns
Present in this moment, sitting with You, my Ancestors close by, Fire itself at the heart, and listening to Your Voice crackle on the wood
Loki Project Day 29
Saved Midgard’s life
Through pain, torture, sacrifice
The rock ever binds You
Loki Project Day 28
There are times when I complain
About the clue by fours upside the head
When I least expect them
There are times when I grumble
About how hard things are
When life gets rough
Thank you for keeping me humble
When I get haughty
And need to be brought back down
Thank you for keeping me focused
When I get distracted from what needs doing
Looking aside from the goal
Hail Loki, Whose Star is Lokabrenna
May Your Light ever shine
Showing me the right way
Loki Project Day 27
You gave the Spear and Ring to Odin
The Hammer to Thor
The Ship to Freyr
The power of the Gods
Have passed through Your Hands
You wandered with Odin
Walked with Thor
Jotunheim has been Your home
Asgard as well
Many have called You welcome
You have given many grief
So many more hope
The courage to carry on
The will to face others, themselves
We call You holy
Loki Project Day 26
You’re called the Lie-Smith
But You’ve been the one Who
Keeps me Truthful and on track like no one else
Each little lie I tell myself
You force me to see,
Crawling on my tongue like a corpse covered in maggots
You push me to speak the truth
A burning in the back of my mind
Till my lips open and the God on my tongue lets fly
You make me go easy on myself
When I really just want to flay my soul
Holding me back with a look or a word
Every time I want to be silent
When it would be convenient or not cause trouble
There You are, prompting me to speak
So I raise my Voice, Loki
In all its forms
And thank You
Loki Project Day 25
Your mane flashes in the sunlight
I see You, Horse-Lady
Running across snow-clad clearings
As though shot from a cannon
Your body powers up the stream
I see You, Salmon-Lord
The scales of Your body flashing silver
A million mirrors under Sunna’s charge
Your slick, grey body darts, dexterous
I see You, Seal-Lord
The teeth snap, the fish cracks
Your maw devours Its prey
Buzzing of Your wings fills my ears
I see You, Fly-Lord
Your multi-faceted, jeweled eyes seeing all
From countless angles
The staff taps the ground, ponderous
I see You, Elder Lady
The form bent, crooked with years
And Wisdom’s toll
Your green eyes alight
I see You, Fire-Lord
Inside the candle flame, dancing
The sweaty wax pooling beneath
You whisper a joke and a deft slap to my head
I hear and feel You, Trickster-Lord
Your wide grin and laughter
Fills me with delight
Every Form unmistakable
I see You, I hear You, I feel You, I know You, Loki
Carrying Your solemnity and sarcasm
Your biting Wit and your salving Voice