Crom Cruach

Deep in the shadow
The power lies.
Deep in the darkness
The wisdom stirs.
Those who do follow,
Find their rewards,
Those who dare not
Shall find their grave.

Deep in the womb
Of mother earth
Pathways are hidden
That lead to me.
Do not be frightened,
And you shall see
Me in the splendour
Of ancient trees.

Crooked they call me,
Bent and damned,
Yet I give hope
And the golden grain,
Bloody they call me,
Yet I sustain
Those who believe
And those who stay.

Crom is my name,
I linger deep,
My children come
From twilight woods,
I am the Lord
Of the shade and bone,
Crom is my name
And I see all.

Crom Cruach by Aileen Willow