"Dragons Are Forever..."

Think what you feel...

Dragons are in the heart and soul.  Don't let the 'mind' take the magyk away from life - you'll too soon have 'nothings' left.

"Dragons Are Forever..."

Children grow
and "Become" -
what they come to believe
what they allow others to FORCE them
into believing.

Life IS - Pragmatic, real,
pheromones,
chemicals and imbalances.
Its sex and cadence
and regimented
- time to wisely everything,

waste nothing on non-profit.
POWER is the key
tell and telling
order- rows, grids,
squares... permanence -
ashes and finally dust.
All our LIVES become dust.
Our things - become dust.

Nature has no straight lines.

We are the ages ~
An age of 'have-nots'.
Fun is a heartbeat, then a work week,
then a month, then years apart as lost in life
we lose the sparks that nature gave us.

They - and then we - take away the magyk
and we understand and agree
as we work hard and run and run
in circles of straight lines -
all to forget what we knew inside.

And everything dulls and dulls,
the years doing as you must
lead where?
The eyes see the trees - bushes -
gnarled, bent, old and in the way...
forests - even we - all in the way.
The noise is just the sound within -
trapped by ears going, going, gone - deaf.
The heart FEELS the cold
but ice has no beauty.
Clouds are shadows and annoyances -
Rain is just ...wet, avoided,

miserable, cold and sodden.
Snow is ice-melt steps and walkways
and plastic shovels - aching legs, arms, and backs.
You have time to LOOK
but nothing any longer to see...
not even that the hand you hold
is just your own.

Dragons are forever
and the faerie folk dance
and magyk LIVES!
Stars and starlight
moonlight... the FEEL of the rain,
and snowmen... and sunrises... sunsets...
the gentle curve of fingertips
finding a cheek... lips...
even sparkling eyes gazing into
forevermores...
Dragons ARE forever.

Chris

 

Author's Note

feel what you write

Reviews

[Lily Mae]

This is perfect for me because I am a true Dragon lover myself... I love the idea of parallel universes and if I just put my hand right here.... ;) I'd be there..xx excellent write..xx

[emmajoy]

What a wonderful, wonderful piece of writing .. it's made me smile from outside in. However, Mister Chris, there's some sadness hidden in your lines, sadness that needs to be slowed down to a dribble of can't-do-anything-about-it-but-it's-what-brings-wisehood.
Dragons are the stuff dreams are made from and, once we discount those flame throwing wonders - who, in fact, are p***y cats behind all the dragonesque hot air, we stop dreaming and life becomes grey, grey, grey! I'm going to believe in dragons and elves and unicorns and stuff for as long as I can .. might even dance and prance when the moon's silvery full and grinning. Coming?
Thank you for believing:
' Stars and starlight
moonlight... the FEEL of the rain,
and snowmen... and sunrises... sunsets...
the gentle curve of fingertips
finding a cheek... lips...
even sparkling eyes gazing into
forevermores...
Dragons ARE forever.'

[asdarkeyesclose]

liked the reconfirmation of life in the final stanza contrasting with all the harshness of the previous. there is a sense of wonder in our fascination with dragons, childlike and intense. Stunning!

[Judy Ponceby]

Absolutely!! If only we could remember to know the magic all around us and within us instead of giving in to the regimented demands of our lives. Wonderful write. Enjoyed this muchly. :)

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Dragons are just dragons, They aren't very nice when they blow that fire.
Anyhow, Wonderful write;
enjoyed this.

[sharonlee]

Dragons even live in rockpools at low tide... if ones looks through there grandchild's eyes....
Thank you for this Chris....
Shar

[J Todd Underhill]

You always have to feel what you write. this piece spoke to me about the loss of innocence, I am not sure if that is what you had intended but beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It brought to mind the folk song "Puff the Magic Dragon". Also the way you spelled Magyk makes me think of the ritualistic form of Magic. I enjoyed.

[Teri B]

It seems we need to believe in the mystical and ephemeral, because so much of what is real for us is anything but! And it is the nature of human beings to reach for the thought that brings them comfort, that brings a smile, that lifts the spirit, that offers inspiration.

There be dragons!!! :)

[bob, small b. aka invs]

"dragons live forever, but not so, little boys."..... peter yarrow

[roarke]

believing, is a non-elemental self-replenishing energy source. The dragon's heart is powered by this spark.