A Call To the Old Ones

Woden, warder of wisdom
temper us with patience.
Let us not jump to fanaticism
and extremism in our desire for revenge

Thor, protector of the Midgarth,
give us the strength to
overcome our grief
and our enemies.

Tyr, appointer of justice
make swift and severe
justice to our enemies.

Freyja, queen of love, death, and magic,
raise your shield over this land.
Shield our dead with your love.
bring your sword down on those
who would bring us harm.

Freyr, bring peace to those who are hurting.
Heal them with
earth and water.

Bragi, crafter of words
give us the magic of inspiration
to record and remember this event
that it may not be forgotten
that our posterity may remember
our sacrifices and our heroes.

To the old pagan gods
these things we ask,
as our nation, our tribe
grieves this tragedy,
as we mourn,
as we prepare for war.

Let us seek out, hunt down,
and destroy our enemies
with swiftness and
tempered severity.

To the valkryurija, we charge you
to dispatch our dead in this war
to their resting halls quickly.

To the warrior of our tribe
past, present, and future
we honor you as heroes.

This is a diverse land
with diverse people,
yet we are one tribe
one nation united.

Gods bless America

--Raven
14 September 2001
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