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such divine terror?
They say on Earth thatichor,
the Gods’ golden blood,
rained from the sky.
They say that forests
turned from emerald green
to gilded with God-blood.
No one knows
how to stop a war
when you are immortal.
Which is why the universe burned
and as far as the eye can see
there were only embers. And ash.
Mother
was the Goddess of Oracles
and Falling Stars.
On the night I was born
she was all alone.
Her cries were heard by no one
as she drew me wailing
out of her womb,
wrapping me in her arms.
A thousand stars fell
together from the cosmos.
Some called it an omen,
others called it a blessing.
My mother knew better.
Her immortal body already
healed after the birth,
she carried me to
