This is the first of three poems included in my Spirits' War Trilogy.

Image: Eyes Unclouded - Princess Mononoke fan art by yuumei (Wenqing Yan)

Soundtrack: Unleashed (feat. Merethe Soltvedt) by Two Steps From Hell

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It began a long, long time ago
When the earth was new and barren
Unhindered by the footfalls of humanity and beastkind
When the air was a tad clearer and the water even more so

The forests had only just begun their expanse
And the winds were rugged
And the sands of time had yet to materialize
Over their majestic scape of terra

They were borne of the ashes
Of the Great Spirit itself
They were tasked with one thing and one thing only
To bring balance to the planet

They would ride the swells and delve into the depths of the land
They would risk it all, and once they met their end
They would begin anew
For a spirit never dies

They had no names; not then
They had no faces, no physical manifestations
Nor a language to call their own
But they would become great in time

The wolf, the raven, and the dragon
Evanescent spirits
Following the ebb and flow of nature
All they had was each other

The Three
The Spiritborne
Will again arise
For a spirit never dies