Dragon

They came from the sky

In a time before our memory

Serpents entwined in a furious fight

Some of fire, some of ice

No man saw them

For there were none when they came

And if we could recall them

Our hearts would burn

The world was no more than a rock then

Nothing living upon her face

Until the battling serpents collided with the ground

And life was born in their wake

Those of ice were melted

And the world was filled up with water

And from the rains that followed

Trees, grass, and every bramble between

Sprung from the earth

Those of fire were exiled

Dispersed into the air

Only to be called on again in times of great need

But before they left

One stole a drop of water from the sea

And plucking a fiery scale from his chest

Bound them together

In the storm of light that followed

The first people emerged

Trembling from the cold

And languishing in the heat

The serpent looked on them with fire in his eyes

And named them Dragon

But knowing they would forget their name

He left them with a message that would rumble on in their hearts

When the sky burns... and oceans rise up to cover the land...

Watch for our coming.