Valfar’s Last Walk: The Vision

I embraced my vision as it was common for me,

you said as you started your journey

across the frozen tundra of Norway

in search of a plot of land dearest to you.

Little did you know that you would turn back.


Not knowing of having to turn back,

you simply marched forward

into that dark and cold evening.

Trudging forward towards Fagereggi,

your last marks left on the snow.


As you leave your footprints behind

navigating through the ice,

the winds turned wild and frostbitten and started

shielding your eyes and nipping at your flesh,

you realized that you could never make it.


When you realized you could never make it,

you start to become weak and vulnerable.

The storm picks up its pace, becoming colder,

you start to succomb to hypothermia.

Your last vision is revealed.


Your last vision is revealed for all to see:

in the cold, you simply could not make it,

with your last marks engraved in snow,

you chose to turn back and embrace your vision:

A fate, a destiny, an inevitable early death.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Treje "Valfar" Bakken was a Norweign black metal artist of what was once a one-man band by the name of Windir. "Journey of the End", one of my favorite songs, was released on their 2001 album 1184. In 2004 he would embark on his own journey to his own end. His death was tragic and described in the poem: He was walking to his family's cabin when he perished in a sudden blizzard to hypothermia. May he rest in peace.

 

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