a roads are wont to do
this one turned in of itself
back out and wended 'round
so tangled as to tie in knots
with eye turned inside
the road returns constraint
set on a winter path
cluttered in the palest birch
a phantom passing through
the moonlit wood
A poem prompted by a randomly selected Elder Futhark rune.
Today’s rune is raido, which has been translated as “ride” and the implied “journey”. This may be spatial and literal in practice (a physical journey), or it may be more figurative (an inner/shamanic journey, i.e., útiseta). The rune is associated with cyclic motion and the movement of the sun. Some consider the journey represented by raido to be that of returning.
Please visit my Elder Futhark pages at sceadugenga.com for additional interpretations of the runes based on multiple references and personal reflection.
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