Valkyrie

As the Viking ship buoyed up across calm seas

An albatross ,huge and white, hovered along the dock

On the vigil , a Shieldmaiden, young and fierce

Searched for hidden dangers,  round the clock

Through years she had been the strongest on board

With strength unmatched and secrets untold

then once she sipped in a whiskey but not too much

for she had a ship to guard and a reputation to hold

Alas, hung-over, she slept and dreamt of land

and by dawn the ship was lost into uncharted waters

Ringing loud alarms she sounded war cries

To steer her ship back ,into safe borders

Fearing destruction by cyclone or a pirate ship

which reminded her of fateful past & gory imagery

but a bigger question that still remained afloat

was: “will her soul, again, be saved by Valkyrie?”