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Beneath the Ravenwood by Naia
Merit for March 2012
Softly slipping, echoes dripping
  down hollow, empty walls.
Bats once fleeing, hide now seeing
  the future shadows call.
Within Her grace, in this dark place,
  the children saw it be.
How could they know, what came would go,
  beneath the Raven Tree.
Lost in stasis, hidden places,
  a word within a Wyrd.
A whispered plea, in hope, to She,
  to one day be revered.
Dark thoughts recoil, beneath the soil,
  slipping from the shadows
In rattling bones, amidst the groans
  of forgotten heroes.
Cauldrons smoulder, wits grow bolder,
  terror in the new moon.
A sliding scale, as notes unveil
  lessons learned of true gloom.
Drums are beating, covens meeting
  in the great Glomdoring.
A Daughter cries, and all arise,
  rescuers come roaring.
A bloody fray, as dusk taunts day,
  enemies lie sprawling.
Glorious night absolves the light
  as the dark comes calling.