the dragon
just a poem for you, who i love very dearly...
the dragon
once gazed upon
dragonkind
mistress of seas
master of winds
a thing in its ancient element
rings true when all seems false
regarding my first last dragon
only fine fragments of memory
pearls closely held remain
waves pushing onwardly down
fearless of overarched flame
heedless of flesh-piercing claw
careless of unsharpened teeth
speechless of eyes peering in
shadows deeper than oxblood
folds darker than moonless sky
lungs heaving heavy air
heart catapulting great wings
thoughts racing by blindly
clouds flowing on damply
thunder as sounded by lightning
dumbstruck stones rolling molten
fires throwing great distance
tears rising falling in reflex
heart serenely leaping up
doubts all forever dispersed
scales becoming each like every
iron slick unyielding black ice
vast powerful readily twisting
perilous coiling erotically rhythmic
singeing black the sweet night
scattering wide her newmade stars
above blue planet spinning softly around
fierce storms grazing long sleek belly
overvaulting each vanished island
near invisibly miniatured below
animals circled running in perfect unison
tailwinds shearing cleanly vorticed apart
flown to brittle edges of smoldering worlds
breaking gravity's honed blade to hold sway
'til silence shod only in absence eerily reveals
smooth tracks instinctually left on air
clear as ligatures of unfurled vast wings
against swaths of sky so forcibly compressed
yet it's not by speedness of flight
but by stillness of standing
that love has patiently made you dragonkind
for being alike to none other
you can become nothing else
your love like wings and claws taking hold
your need like want lustrous as wisdom's pearls
still precious in unmeasured depths
there biding long years in sheltering shells
'til time has turned the tide
'til what was hidden is at last revealed
and what is found at last belongs
once gazed on
dragonkind
mistress of seas
master of winds
a thing in its ancient element
rings true when all seems false
(C)2012 _lacrimange
the dragon
once gazed upon
dragonkind
mistress of seas
master of winds
a thing in its ancient element
rings true when all seems false
regarding my first last dragon
only fine fragments of memory
pearls closely held remain
waves pushing onwardly down
fearless of overarched flame
heedless of flesh-piercing claw
careless of unsharpened teeth
speechless of eyes peering in
shadows deeper than oxblood
folds darker than moonless sky
lungs heaving heavy air
heart catapulting great wings
thoughts racing by blindly
clouds flowing on damply
thunder as sounded by lightning
dumbstruck stones rolling molten
fires throwing great distance
tears rising falling in reflex
heart serenely leaping up
doubts all forever dispersed
scales becoming each like every
iron slick unyielding black ice
vast powerful readily twisting
perilous coiling erotically rhythmic
singeing black the sweet night
scattering wide her newmade stars
above blue planet spinning softly around
fierce storms grazing long sleek belly
overvaulting each vanished island
near invisibly miniatured below
animals circled running in perfect unison
tailwinds shearing cleanly vorticed apart
flown to brittle edges of smoldering worlds
breaking gravity's honed blade to hold sway
'til silence shod only in absence eerily reveals
smooth tracks instinctually left on air
clear as ligatures of unfurled vast wings
against swaths of sky so forcibly compressed
yet it's not by speedness of flight
but by stillness of standing
that love has patiently made you dragonkind
for being alike to none other
you can become nothing else
your love like wings and claws taking hold
your need like want lustrous as wisdom's pearls
still precious in unmeasured depths
there biding long years in sheltering shells
'til time has turned the tide
'til what was hidden is at last revealed
and what is found at last belongs
once gazed on
dragonkind
mistress of seas
master of winds
a thing in its ancient element
rings true when all seems false
(C)2012 _lacrimange