“He spoke of those who would fall, and in

his cold eyes stood naked the truth that it was

we of whom he spoke. Words of broken reeds

and covenants of despair, of surrender given

as gifts and slaughter in the name of salvation.

He spoke of the spilling of war, and he told us

to flee into unknown lands, so that we might

be spared the spoiling of our lives….”

Words of the Iron Prophet Iskar Jarak

The Anibar (the Wickerfolk)

(BH)