Tales of the Heart [Poetry by XaiakuX]

[XaiakuX]

Mischievous Influence

Laced with poison your words escape your lips
Ever intoxicating and dangerous to hear
They grab at me ears with a touch that chills my every bone
Words of PROMISE

Words of DESIRE

Words of CONTROL

Words of FEAR

They suffocate me until I trust them completely

Your smile lingers in my mind, mischievous and cruel
Unrelenting and sinister, as my will becomes your toy
As if I were a marionette, and you a skillful puppeteer
Like butter I would melt entirely to your whim
My God

My King

My Lord

My Master

For I am a man, and men to gods are like ants to boots

For a man's will, mine stands stronger than most
I fight to no avail against the might of your control
I am an unwilling nor wanting servant to a child of Jötunheimr
I am forced to carry your burdens, unable to change my fate
O' Loki

Laufey's Son

Silver-Tongued Deity

Trickster of the Gods

Your words have manifested and stricken me like a disease

Child of the violent Fárbauti, you may seize Midgard
Humans are feeble towards your prowess of control
You may crush humanity beneath your mighty boot
Loki the terrible, Loki the great, Loki the prankster
Father to Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent

Father to Hel, Keeper of the Damned

Father to Fenrir, Slayer of Odin

Mother to Sleipnir, The Eight-Legged Stallion

Your destined demise is yet carved into the stone

My words are like poison as they escape my lips
Yet the words that expel are not mine to speak
My tongue is twisted and controlled by he who wills me
The one I praise and fear

The one you must praise and fear

The one all will praise and fear

Loki's will be done

Our God and true ruler will remain eternal over Midgard

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In truth, this definitely took a lot of revision. I originally based this off of Marvel's version of Loki. Due to people being able to relate to Tom Hiddleston's portrayal in a few of the verses. However, the Norse God Loki actually wasn't "evil." He was just cruel and seductive, so I chose him over the comic book villain. I actually wrote in Thor and Asgard many times, but Loki and Thor aren't even adoptive brothers in the old stories, so I opted to remove a lot. That's to explain to those who may not understand.

Now to explain the poem itself. In the beginning I attempted to romanticize Loki's power over humans, and how easy it was for him to control them. Then when met with resistance, and warned of his demise, he takes over completely, and removes the man entirely. Loki, though playful in meaning, is very incapable of taking what he dishes out, which is why his punishments are so severe. I felt the need to make that present in this poem. I was going to make it longer, but I ended up getting a bit of a creative block, so I left it as is.

A few footnotes to add in:

Laufey, portrayed as king of the frost giants in the Thor movie, is actually incorrect. Laufey is actually a woman, and is the mother of Loki. (His father is actually Fárbauti, who still isn't a king of any sort.)

"Does that say 'Mother' to Sleipnir?" Yes it does. In this instance, Google is your friend. Also, to justify Marvel's Laufey hiccup, Odin is the master of Sleipnir. Marvel did it right. Also, Fenrir does kill Odin, whilst also devouring his own kin in Sleipnir. Norse mythos is actually very dark and twisted. That should explain a little of the madness of Vikings.