Myth, Legend

When the universe 
existed as a battleground 
and the apocalyptic war between 
the light god and the dark one raged 
 the ancient shaman 
journeyed over the thresh-hold 
of each portal 
leading from grounding earth 
into the ethereal spirit world 
 from the ethereal dimension 
he stepped through the portal 
of the unreal land of dreams 
 and from the subsconscious plateau 
of make belief he crossed into 
his final destination 
 the realm of the dead. 
His journeying took him eons away 
his hopes - finding a resolution 
to end an uncompromising 
final solution 
 for if evil won the showdown 
and the dead were resurrected 
the purging of the world would begin 
and earths cleansing rebirth 
would be hell and damnation 
 via a flood of molten lava 
 a new dawn 
for the inhabitants of 
the realm of the dead.