Cauldron Anthology Issue 3: Year 1 Collection Cauldron Anthology Year One Issue FINAL 1.17.18 | Page 58

promise of the raven
Linda M. Crate
i am a raven
they chose me
my humanity
is different than your own
magic and light
are woven in my bones
in this battle
you may survive,
but only until it is over;
then your greed
will be the noose that snares you
to the darkest underworld
you will not be kissed
by the lips of freya or odin
even loki will scorn your presence
the goddess of the underworld
won’t look your way but in contempt and disgust
that ever such a woeful creature was born
inhabiting the realm of earth
from which he sorely didn’t deserve.