Tag: poetic myth

  • The Birth of the Ashborn

    The Birth of the Ashborn

    A poem from the whispers of the forest after Taranis saves the she-wolf and her pups.

    They say the storm once walked alone,
    Through fire’s breath and forests blown.
    A child of exile, ash, and flame,
    Who bore no crown, yet earned his name.

    He found her there the mother torn,
    Her belly bruised, her breath still warm.
    The hunters laughed. The kindling caught.
    But mercy moved where rage was taught.

    The wolves rose first with fang and howl.
    Then he, with eyes that shook the boughs.
    Through smoke he tore the yew’s black roots,
    And bore her forth with bloodied boots.

    The fire danced. The forest burned.
    But in the blaze, a legend turned.
    Three pups were born from soot and sky,
    And none who watched tell you why.

    One bore lightning on its spine,
    One with eyes of gold, divine.
    And one was pale as ghostly thread
    The fire not fled, but burned instead.

    Now whisperers call him Storm fire still,
    The boy who chose not rage but will.
    Who fed the flame and spared the beast,
    And from that night, the howls increased.

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  • The Cursed Child: A Tale of Light and Storms

    The Cursed Child: A Tale of Light and Storms

    Born not in shadow,

    but storm-split light.
    With wolves at his side.

    and fire for breath,
    He walks between day and the deepening night,
    A child of healing, a whisper of death.

    They called him cursed, they called him flame,
    Yet none could deny the spark in his palm.
    He bore no weapon, he sought no fame
    But the winds bent low to kiss his calm.

    When Drax lay broken, minds turned black,
    Taranis reached, and thunder wept.
    The fever fled, the soul came back
    And the child collapsed, as the forest slept.

    Now they watch him with fearful eyes,
    This babe who speaks in ancient tongue.


    Yet storms do not ask if the fire should rise…
    They rise because the world’s begun.

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