Ironwoven Ritual

(shhh) Earth

and

wire.

Iron

and

breath.

Root in the furrow.

Steel on the stone.

Count out the measures.

Mark what is known.

(tic-tac) Broken perimeter.

Spoken in code.

Stand.

Strike.

Hold the line.

Blood in the copper.

Bone in the pine.

Stand.

Strike.

Mark the sign. (one-two,

one-two, one-two-three)

(t-t-turn) Cold water

under the floor.

Cold iron

over the door. (shhh) No surrender in the marrow.

No turning back.

Iron and breath!

(iron!) Root and machine!

(strike!) Count it out!

Two, two, three! Three,

two!

Stand

fast! (one...

two...) The soil remembers.