The Faerie and the Dragon - Part III

iii.

The dragon wept and swam away.

By this world, his calloused heart betrayed.

What point was there for him to stay?

He'd rather wash out with the swirling waves.

A light appeared on the tranquil sea.

Waltzing through a midnight dreary.

Even through his eyes, so weary...

He'd never mistake his darling Faerie.

"You and I are worlds apart,

but here, forever in your hands, my heart.

This twisted world may never see

the beauty that I find in thee."

"Together, let the sirens sing,

our bond no longer caught between.

The Sky and the Sea will keep fighting on,

though you, my Dragon, were mine all along."

His arms embraced the Fae once more,

as She lead him back to the distant shore.

It was there, among the supple sands,

He boldly asked her for her hand.

Before they embraced all night in a brand new land.

Author's Note

An extra stanza I wrote late last night, and finished today. I had a powerful compulsion to not leave it as it was. Thought about updating the previous post to contain all three, but I decided to leave it as it was written; two, clearly separate parts to a longer narrative.

That's kind of the cool thing about posting things online, as they're finished, versus one large anthology-- where everything would be lumped together without the necessary page real estate to describe the nuances of the difference. This form really lets you measure how a writer grows over time, and the decisions they make as they go. I might have to keep that idea in mind if I ever try to put one of those together.

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[Nolo Segundo]

Fine work, and as usual, your work doesn't get the attention it deserves, proving either that life is unfair or we live in a culture mostly made up of shallow idiots.