Winged warrior women of Old Norse mythology.
Your prompt is VALKYRIE.
The pulse of wing beats
Over a hushed battlefield
The dead await fate
They landed on battlefields to choose the fiercest slain warriors to live in Freyja’s hall, Folkvangr and in Odin’s hall, Valhalla.
Wings of twilight dark,
A warrior's call echoes—
Silent skies tremble.
Valkyrie descends,
Whispers of fallen heroes,
Midnight wind carries.
In frost and fire,
Battle's breath and shadow's sigh,
She reaps silent souls.
I went out fighting
but Valkyries passed me by.
No Valhalla for me
though I lie embraced
with sword in my adversary's guts.