Eagles cast in gold and iron soar
And taunt the sky
As legions march to war
A snowbound pines dance
To baying hounds
From ancient mounds
Hacking skinning stripping
Cold
Eagles dragged to earth
Trampled under hoof
A thousand pyres snuffed out
Suffocate
The forest's breathing stills
Eyeless helms stare from out the bog
Dank solitude
Rank sacrifice
Peatmossed sealed lips
By will o the wisps
Dead flesh that never rots
Tombed Imperial Glory
Living Relief Macabre
To guard the boiling cauldron of an ashen-shrouded dog-faced god
And eagles bound in briars drown and choke on sacred mire