"FEMININE STRENGTH" the winter warrior's tale...

Ignoring the fallen, savage huntsmen, she heaved herself erect, tottered and limped into motion
Forever, it seemed she went on that way, jerking her broken ankle ever mindful of the potion
She continually fell, her memory fighting back, using two hunks of ice for feet
She could not keep her balance as the hillside became ever more steep
After each fall she gathered, prone in the snow she would not stop, the potion driving her on
It had to be delivered to the women of the Queendom to avert catastrophe and suffering
She staggered and crawled unselfishly with unshakeable faith in what she was doing
As the day became late afternoon, her falls became more and more frequent
She recalled the final orders of her Queen, "Brave warrior you shall keep this a secret!"
And suddenly the blood in her veins began to alarm her pulse, an enemy was near
She unsheathed her sword, aware that her feet would not function here
A highland savage sprung forth at her and using the ice on her feet, she spun
A poetic move, and in a single slicing motion it was over before it had begun
She stripped the beheaded savage, wrapping his furs around her feet
Some obdurate capacity for endurance drove her, she had a noble goal to meet
By degrees she began to believe in herself, crossing the snow covered plain
The spires of her beloved Kingdom (she spat blood) seemed just a few miles away
She crawled along the path of least resistance, the throbbing pain reminding her
The potion she carried must be delivered to save the lives of her friends and sisters
Scratching and crawling her way to her goal she began hallucinating silent dreams
A Goddess of light came to her in a vision and screamed, "Get to your ragged feet!"
Somehow she found the strength to stand, then leaning on her sword she lurched
And as she reached the gates of home the bells rang from the soldiers perched
In turrets above the Queendom, she fell to her knees with feet bleeding and bound
The potion she gave to the on-rushing warriors, for her feet were drawing her down
Her "Feminine Strength" became legendary, and her story the stuff of songs....