The Age of the Dragon

Predators, too, may be preyed on.

It's the Age of the Dragon, as the monster roams

The realm, destroying many a family's home,

Always on the hunt for a meal, it strikes to kill,

Kills to survive, to feed a hunger it cannot still.

 

It sets fire to cities with its fiery breath,

And smoke rises from every single town

While the beast burns entire villages down

Leaving behind only destruction and death.

 

Now when it rampages in the most ravenous rage

It’s time for the heroine to finally enter the stage

Where the berserk beast roars and rears

Its head among people paralyzed by fear.

 

Here comes the knight in shining armor,

A trivial trinket soon to bear a bloody stain,

Following the call of the people’s clamor

Who long to see the dreadful demon slain.

 

So she sets out to seek the dragon, looking for the lair

She doesn’t have to go far to find it, and the dragon there

For demons of its kind are hard to keep at bay,

And it’s harder yet to drive and keep one far away.

 

The knight lifts her sword and takes up her stance

As if to ask the dragon for the deadly dance

Who accepts the challenge and, in single combat engaged,

Unleashes the full force of its furious fire, fuelled by rage.

 

Our fighter faced the predator she set out to slay,

But chasing down a hunter, she became his prey

She saw death as she looked into the dragon's eye

And her fearful face reflected in it as she was fried.

 

The white armor that she so proudly wore

Is now soiled with soot, and further by gore

And while she lies lifeless, the monster still roars

And roams the realm as relentlessly as before.

Author's Note

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