Ihsahn

Threnody

Ihsahn


He lies quiet now 
in the nothing 
and there is no epitaph 
no stone 

yet - his legacy flows 
like a river 

walker of barren paths 
seer of night 
friend of shadows 
a carrier of light 

and his legacy flows 
like a river from ice 
the hungry heart opens 
and drinks from this fountain 
so cold 

there are no promises 
in his solitary grave 
there is no salvation 
only words 

but what then are these precious streams 
of coldness from the heights? 
they will never reach the fields below 

what is this silent grave 
to those who never sought to find it? 
what is greatness to the dead? 

and his legacy flows 
like a river from ice 
the hungry heart opens 
and drinks from this fountain 
so cold