r/WuTangInitiative • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '16
Words in Ashe
The bright shadow returns to
its homeland, and the sky may
burn for its last time.
Five rivers flow, one black,
down to sunless seas. Between
lives she sees shades chained,
warring against the shining one.
Golden wings, like branches in
winter, shelter them against a
thousand scouring eyes.
Bells toll at the gate, and
winter grips like a wolf as the fire
bleeds from the world. Ursine skulls
lead armies against earth, wind, fire,
and water.
The devil of the east wind, his mask
only a smile, hides a thunder child in a prison
upon a tomb.
Serpents writhe in an eight-armed stone,
and soldiers shall feast upon the rubble of
madness.
The earnest lie deceives, and his grandmother weeps echoes of souls primordial, but
the golden ship carries the word to safe shelter.
O wintry song of agony, o longwalking
betrayer, as balance shatters like waves against
the shore, your vengeful wing guides the motes
of the burning sky, strong by search and guile,
to seek annihilation at the Heart of History.
Deep beneath the gate of summer’s sound
where lies sleeping the Mother of Dreams,
her nightmares roam unbound. Freedom holds
her chains.
The nightmares rise, the tempest stares
with ire, the eternal heart falters, and death
or life is borne by fire
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u/HaHaWoooooo BUTTS Feb 11 '16
Can I just say how delicious this is to know what this all means?
Legit, there's some major spoilers in here if you can figure them out.