Don´t follow me - Nifelheim - The nine realms

Somehow I feel

that you mustn’t come

it is so cold over here

my feet are freezing

the snow is falling

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

that I might be lost

the rivers are frozen

I am having nightmares

I don’t know what is this

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

that this place is poisoned

the land stinks of cadaver

I feel threatened

I feel lonely I feel lost

my love

please, don’t follow me

somehow I feel

there is no end

the mist is overwhelming

I feel guilt and regret

this is all too much to bare

my love

please

don’t follow me.

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You can read (and listen at) the poem at the Artipeeps webpage here.

This poem is part of my online collaboration with Nicky Mortlock´s The Nine Realms project that began on October 2014 and that is inspired by the Norse Sagas (specifically the 9 realms of norse mythology). This project involves near-on 50 Twitter poets, arts, musicians and sculptors, and will run online for 9 months culminating in a poetry, art and music exhibition( and even a Viking boat!) in Hanse House King’s Lynn, Norfolk, UK across the Heritage Open Day weekend, in September 2015.