Imagining a Viking's Last Battle: How Would You Face Your Final Moments?

A Viking's Prayer

I'm standing on the ship looking out towards the sea, glancing at the waters that soon will carry me. Beating of distant drums coming from the battlefield, a thousand Viking warriors their weapons they won't yield. I hear Valhalla's call coming yonder from the sky, my time will soon be up I know then that I must die. I call upon mighty Thor to be always at my side, so that I may fight bravely after each oncoming tide. Let blood be on my sword let sweat fall from my brow, as I go on the battlefield to strike my foes down. And if I should be last to fall let me die a death with pride, then my children will proudly know a hero is how I died.

"(c) copyright of Aidan Lucid 2007"

Hi Kiran,

Hello. I have noticed that you have posted this poem without my consent. My name is Aidan Lucid, and I am the owner of that poem since it is a part of my collection which I have out at the moment. The book is entitled, "A Viking's Prayer," and it also appears on my website: www.avikingsprayer.com. Even though I appreciate your love for the poem, you have posted the work on the site without my consent or without crediting me as the author and creator of "A Viking's Prayer," and it is, in fact, infringing on my copyright since I am the sole owner of the work. So can you please add the following at the bottom of the poem, "(c) copyright of Aidan Lucid 2007," or else remove it from this site?

Thank you for your time in reading this message, and I look forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,
Aidan Lucid
www.avikingsprayer.com

Hi Aidan Lucid,

Greetings. It's wonderful to know that it's you who wrote this poem. It's really fantastic. Sorry for this issue. First, I don't know that this is copyrighted. Else I wouldn't have kept this. This was forwarded to me from a friend in the USA. Anyway, sorry for the trouble; I know how painful it is to circulate the work by someone without taking permission or giving credit.

Kiran