Tear the Sky Asunder

by Ice Star

Immortals Clash

A beam of magic scorches the ground
pouring forth from Tirek's horns
and burning away the snow
and all below it

Lightning curls from the horn of the small goddess
cloaking her
in an awesome and terrifying symbol of
a birthright almost forgotten
that she still has yet to master

And discarded on the ground lies
Quicksilver, blade bearing chips
from where it struck the tyrant-monster's hide
only to draw no blood from the magic-supported skin,
forgotten as soon as this battle was silently declared to be
magic versus magic
and immortal against immortal
in a world that denied all

Shining in the metal surface
were gleams of blue aura
slicing a gray sky
where only snow had fallen for moons
and brighter lights showed too

The lightning of the young goddess
rang throughout the barren place
needing no thunder
to shake the world to its core

The show of light and might dragged on
as fire rained on the world below
from a sky that barely held anything other than snow
and in the sky the goddess flew
dodging to the best of her ability
recalling instinct and
her own careful training,
presided over by none other than her,
in the heat of the moment

Streaks of light
dance behind her
and sparks are sown
on a land that would never thaw
until it shone bright for all to see
under a layer of snow and ash
and all was blurred by wisps of smoke
that manage to drift upward
beyond the tyrants, mortal or not
and beyond the struggling goddess
who now fights alone

They curl upward, rising beyond it all