Earth, Fire, Air and Water
In beginning-less time
Before knowledge or rhyme
In a land with no light
With no wrong and no right
There was nothing but quiet
No rabbles no riots.
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From the darkness unfertile
Sprang forth a lion-turtle
He called them by name
And into existence they came.
First to be
Came La and Tui
Circling forever
Never to sever.
After them came dragons of fire
They took to the skies, flying higher and higher
Beautiful and bright
Unbound in their flight.
Third came the bison who lived in the air
Slow, controlled, steady and fair
They breathed in great gusts
They blew away all the dust.
Lastly the badger-moles burst out of the earth
Shook their shaggy heads, displayed their wide girth
Their eyes never saw
Immune to all flaws.
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Humans appeared and the worthy were taught
But Bending wasn't used as it ought
The world could not live in peace
The pain caused would not cease
So the lion-turtle rose again
To restore the yang and the yin
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A man was chosen from among the crowd
And, blessed with this curse, he vowed,
"Forever I shall be reborn
To reunite this place that has been torn
Forever I will keep the world
From being thrown, being hurled
Into hate and pain and war and death
Into this task, I devote my ev'ry breath."
And so the beasts of Bending
Together, gave their powers, lending
The elements of life
The elements that caused this strife
And so, to stop the senseless slaughter
The cycle began: earth, fire, air, and water...
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Okay, so it's not amazing, but I find the origins of bending absolutely fascinating, so I decided, why not? As always, reviews are much appreciated