Brendan

Azusayumi
overlord of Sapporo.
In their dungeons I met
his bastard daughter--
ginger haired
with pale skinned
boyish features.
Bangs piercing
her rust colored
war face.

She taught me her language.
Told me stories of her nomads.

Her sister once came
across a lesser sun god
bathing in a stream.

She was turned into a lion.
Made to leave the tribe.
Her tears turned the fields
salty and dry.

They found her floating body
south of highland pass.
Crystallized for eternity,
we buried her there--
beneath the Jubokko tree.