You've taken my only son from me!
You've taken my sacrifice!
You've taken my light from me!
You've severed my link to midgard!
You've driven me into your camp!

I curse myself for dealing with you!
I curse you for your Machiavellian ways!
I curse the jotens and all their kin!
I curse the chaos horde for its very existence!
I curse Loki and his betrayal most foul!

I shall become a warrior again.
I shall welcome the Valkyrie's kiss.
I shall embrace the gift of berserking.
I shall give into it freely.
I shall feed apone your foes as if I were a ravenous wolf.

I will prepare myself for the twilight battle!
I will have no wife, tis not for me!
I will strengthen my body for battle!
I will hone my long forgotten warrior skills!
I will be prepared to meet my doom!

I will howl for my loss!
I will howl as a she wolf who has lost her cub!
I will howl with bestial madness!
I will howl until my throat bursts asunder!
I will howl with a grief maddening crescendo!

I call on Thor to protect my son.
I call on Frey to show him frith and peace.
I call on Freya to show him love and beauty.
I call on Vali to avenge any wrongs done to him.
I call on Eir to keep him strong and healthy.

I now know that hearth and home are not for me!
I now know the depths of grief and despair!
I now know what my fate is to be!
I now know what a treasure hearth and home truly is!
I now know that there will be a reckoning between Odin and I!

No more will I embrace my son after a hard days toil!
No more will I see his sleepy face in the morning!
No more will I be the first to know what he had learned in school today!
No more will I be the first to hear his new songs!
No more will I be there to comfort him in his time of need!

I have lost a bit of my joy in life.
I have lost the reason to toil for gain.
I have lost the only true love in my life.
I have lost the will to resist the berserks fury.
I have lost a bit of my humanity.

I have gained my independence from one who would seek to oppress me!
I have gained my freedom to speak my mind!
I have gained the ability to make choices again!
I have gained the ability to choose my own path in life!
I have gained the ability to once again eat life with shining teeth!

I will be the best absent father in the whole gods blasted nine worlds!
I will always be available should my son need me!
I will not bow down to darkness and depression!
I will vanquish it!
I will not just survive, I will thrive!

By Torvar Ravenfeeder