Asatru.

a look at the many attacks on Irish shores of Vikings in the past that make us what we are today.

Diamonds only pale with pages of ink,

Covers in leather dear animals kill,

Faded memories now strike at the core,

Prayer needs on knees as they have their fill.

Asatru blade tips at wooden gates,

Flee to spires will hold no salvation,

A grouping huddled under the cross,

Monks come out no foolish retaliation.

Vikings wonder of gold and women's legs,

Fuelled indecency that binds smiles,

Children broken and dead in blood muck,

Drunk on jewels and of course their guile.

Boats leave a tortured land by the sea,

God looks on in their wake,

True treasure left in burning books,

New life to be had though all fake.

Author's Note

Honesty is key, thank you.

Reviews

[Aprille]

It feels like reading a novel in form of a poem, I could see the actions, the blood, the treasures, the brutality, the deaths. It's a sad past of a beautiful country. And sort of happening in our world today though in a different form. Thanks for sharing your masterpiece Sir. :)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.

[Aprille]

you're welcome.

[An owl on the moon]

A powerful glimpse into the past, and its ripples that move ever forward in time. These beliefs, how they drove them deep into the world, and how beliefs drive so many still.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you.

[Philip Muls]

A fierce poem, brutal and savage.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

thank you.

[M.Babu]

A desire for the return to the Nordic beliefs?
I could actually visualize the literal plunderers on their conquests about the channel...I'm however, sure that their mode of operation is reciprocated in modern day, just more adeptly in sheeps' clothing.
Thanks for this!
~M.Babu~

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you .

[Pryde Foltz]

The things we do to claim what is another's. I suppose it is as part of human nature as the kind and blessed. Gripping write, Thomas:)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you x

[Shabeeh Haider]

Vikings attacked the Irish shore in the past. Today the "civilized countries" plunder and loot the weak countries. Man has never learnt from his past. A very nicely worded poem

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Agreed thank you

[Terry O'Leary]

Brilliantly depicted!! Unsettling...

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you Terry.

[Dayran]

There have been many barbaric acts across the world ... but a Viking attack certainly brings the point home ... to consider one's origins. A journey indeed ... Thomas ... to find one's true self.

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you Dayran.

[Sami Khalil]

You are making us relive history as it repeats itself over and over. An excellent take on the part of European history...:)..............

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Thank you Sami.

[Valentine]

So many wars in so many lands. Sad that people can't love one another and not covet all that others have. Valentine

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed, thank you.