I remember the times
When I was young
As young as you are now
It was the first time I came here
The man of the sea
As young as you now...
You may have noticed, they aren't aware about the death
About the life
About what is common to us
About the Ölum as a threat
To them obscure as fables
Our tales of ancient times
This axe
I remember holding it
And how I gave it to my son
I was the first one
I was the one
Who forged it
I made weapons of so many different kind
A bow I liked, a sword, a shot
Though I might see
I will gues
It the only one that did survive?
Quite worn out, I shall say
"Great grand..."
I interrupted
"No, for him I wasn't even great granddad
But much older"
"His great grandad?"
"Hark! I recollect him well, bathed in mirth, his jocund spirit spinning tales with comrades:
"At my nativity, he did dwell in the years of yore
Born ere I, in youth's tender hour""
How are you still alive?"
"Verily uncertain am I,
These fishes, they alter life's pace.
Aged have I become, in the mortal coil, outwardly,
Upon the first savoring of their essence.
Whosoever partakes in their feast,
Those not of the woodland's folk,
Meet a fate of demise."
Unto him I spoke,
As I set upon a lure,
With a fish, yet animate,
Its desire for life unwavering.
Took a bite of it
And as a cigar
Put in my mouth
"So my great..." I expressed uncertainty:
"Great, great, how many greats my grandchild?
Why? Why are you here? I thought you will be married
And have a happy life?"
"How did you know that?"
"I am certain, forsooth, elder wisdom holds greater sway."
"Fish with me," I offered, extending the rod,
Teaching him the dance, the art of the cod.
In the ebb of twilight, beneath the endless sky,
Generations intertwined, as time drifted by.
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