misty morning
freezing sun
brittle bones
mud creatures
come
rising to the ritual
roaring with fire
swirling,
turning,
colliding,
crushing
a kingdom
of angry clouds
reptile eye
of the thundergods
under siege
sending their
approval
in a show
of force
lightning rage,
raining children
wisdom, fear...
eating the
spine of the world
away ....
we, free, again.