For Roskva
by Shannon Graves
Peasant maid,
Paid the price
Of parent's folly?
Or perhaps you were
Hero's daughter,
Sister of Swift-day,
Daughter of witches,
Following your twin.
At any rate,
Glad you were to travel
And live in great Bilskirnir
Under the kind eye
Of golden-haired Sif.
Perhaps Thor knew
Exactly what he was doing,
Took you from obscurity,
Gave you a name,
Gave you a purpose
In his great household,
May we in our mundanity
Ask of you the same.
Artwork by Thorskegga Thorn.