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A Gathering of Strangers who Knew the Deceased bu Not Too Well

from Old Witch​/​Keeper Split by Old Witch

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a dim broken ghost
twists
in the still
hangs
before my eyes

her beauty
far outshone
the sun
and withered all the flowers
she touched

the ground hardened
turned to ice
rather than accept
her still warm form

she lay out on the glade
her lovers wept
a hymn of bitter promise
to follow when they may

this gathering of strangers
this crowd of unfamiliar ones
she wouldn't have known
half of you

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from Old Witch​/​Keeper Split, released July 15, 2015

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Stooping in a rotting throne of dead oak, casting black thoughts to the stars, burning cold over the glacial wilderness, she reaches withered hands to the cold, eternal night, vast above the deep winter forest. We have spilled our lives an offering to old gods, this brooding vast land. Come, the funeralboats unfurl cruel sails to the north wind, seeking haven beyond the pillars of death.... ... more

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