When Odin Laughed Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

The Human
Who gave host to him
Just Raised and eyebrow
As he gave that look
You know the one
That clearly say's
'You haven't got it yet
Then smiled
Knowing
Sometime soon...

But Odin Laughed
Laughed, loud and clear
Laughed so loud
He spilt his beer
The day I said
'As a person
of Peace
I've never quite
understood
Why I'm always
In the company
Of warriors.

Then he winked
His saturn eye
Let me think
On it a while
On the stories
That I tell
Of how I got to here
From Hel
I'd followed those
Who been before
And marked a path
That led back home

In Rune and Word
In Rite and Rede
I've kept the promise
That I made

To Listen Well
And Speak the Truth
To learn the Words
And signs and ways
To Gather Lore
Help build a place
Where we can figure
Out the rules
And turn them
Into mending tools
To heal the rift
That stands between
That which is
And isn't seen