Mother Yukionna (poem)

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Finally I get to sit down for some mythical poetry. Tonight due to it being so cold Yukionna seems to be the proper one to write a tale of. The snow maiden comes from Japan, and there are several facets to her. In this poem however I will only deal with one. If you like my poetry or the Selkies' Skins webnovel then please consider visiting my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/Amehana

 Mother Yukionna

Teresa Garcia

November 20, 2016

 

Gently the snow falls down

Coating the land and the tree

Undercut by the river

Flowing resolutely to the sea.

 

Quietly a slim figure glides

Pale as the moon mirror now hidden

Behind the lowered underscales

Of the storm dragon hither bidden

 

Through the trees and the rocks

Silently she searches them out tonight

The unwanted, young or old

Cast out by poverty or spite

 

If you watch here with me

In this hasty shelter against the snow

Warmed only by body and hope

Her love as children we will know

 

Do you hear that doleful cry

Rending both mountain pass

And the spanning sky

As the first her search has compass'd?

 

Too late that one was found

Some small and frozen form

Leaving her yet again

Childless and forlorn

 

Oh tonight is so very cold

I hope she finds us soon

I want to sleep snug and warm

In Yukionna's arms coccoon'd.