
I Will Be Standing – (in Norway)
I will be standing at the AllT’ing
Amid the timeless circle of chieftains
Echoing ever backwards and onwards
I will be standing, to proclaim my chieftain; my king
My king among men
Among my Njardar Clan
I will be standing at the Borre gathering
I will be standing, amid the circle of stones
Within the stones
Within the tribes of old
I will be standing for the myriad of visitors of Gudvangen
I will be busking
I will be raising the hearts and the spirits of many within the walls
As long high falls fall
I will be standing
I will be bringing donations; so eagerly given
To create our future
A vision
The Viking long past on our land
I will be standing; where a stave church will stand
And seeing it becoming because of us
I will be standing; at a gathering
A thousand yearlong gathering
In Sarpsborg
Among men I met in old Jorvik
Who invited me
To tell stories
With my Chieftain
I will be standing
For Njardar
In the land of God’s Water
To be international
At our market
Where fighters,
And crafters,
And wrestlers
And choirs
Will join with my telling
Of weddings
Of AllT’ing
Of merry making
And I hear today
I will be staring
At an old stone
Depicting
The brave ones
Of the ancient times
In their red boats of bravery
I will be standing in Norway
At the old stones
Of memory
I

Adrian Spendlow
The old road of history leads us to what are believed to have been thirteen circles of thirteen stones. The graves of the women, the seats of the meeting, the place of the forever. Hunn near Skjærsilden, near Oslo. Here we stand at the Stortinget Plasser to rediscover what is truly in the heart and the bones. For we stand there and we know.
I stand with you in spirit
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Eloquent as always.
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thank you 🙂
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Beautiful, powerful and so moving, in tears reading. Thank you!
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gosh thank you x
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