Of Nightmares, Dreams and Fairies - Song 1: The Rhyme of the Dragon Lady

This is a series of narrative poems which will have three or four "songs" (I want to call them songs, not chapters or parts; it's mine to call however I want).

Time to sleep, it's time to sleep, now

Go to bed, close your eyes, boy

Beware of the Dragon Lady

Dream not of her, sleep with joy

Sleep I go, Papa, sleep I go

But, Papa, I ask you this

The one you call Dragon Lady

What's the nature of this miss

If I tell you this tale tonight

You're sure to have the worst dreams

Knowing of the Dragon Lady

Brings her close, or so it seems

Is she the ghost of some dead girl

Who haunts our nights like Bogey

I'm safe from the Dragon Lady

Look, I just need my snoogie

Dear little boy, she is no ghost

But sleep without this sorrow

Wish to know the Dragon Lady

I'll tell you in the morrow

They were set with this agreement

So the lil' boy went to bed

Thinking of the Dragon Lady

Such a thought he could not shed

His bed he climbed and soon he slept

For indeed he was drowsy

The tale of the Dragon Lady

He hoped it wasn't lousy

Woosh and splash he heard in his dream

He was dreaming 'bout the sea

Not about the Dragon Lady

He was calm and full of glee

Woosh and splash then grew much stronger

A storm came about his ship

The tail of the Dragon Lady

He caught a glimpse of its tip

Who might be swimming in this mess

Come help me sail through the storm

Dragon Lady, Dragon Lady

Is that you, come here, it's warm

So soon the waters became woods

The ship became a cottage

In did walk the Dragon Lady

Off'ring a bowl of pottage

What just happened to the mad seas

Why are we in the dark woods

Why, did you, the Dragon Lady

Change the landscape and its moods

I'm a beast, you see, though I swim

The woods are much better place

Eat with me, the Dragon Lady

This pottage can't last two days

My Papa says I cannot eat

Even if you threw a feast

'Cause you see, o Dragon Lady

You're a stranger, and a beast

Well, your Papa's got the wisdom

Not to eat with me, I'm sure

He ate with the Dragon Lady

And his dreams now have no cure

Does my Papa really know you

He doesn't look like he does

He mentioned you, Dragon Lady

But then he made such a fuss

And even if you are a beast

You sound and look very sweet

Weren't you the Dragon Lady

Your pottage I'd gladly eat

Why, he does know me, hence the fuss

Only I am the reason

He dreams of the Dragon Lady

Every turn of the season

Every equinox and solstice

When the season fairies come

With them comes the Dragon Lady

To make your Papa's night glum

Whatever do you do that for

What has Papa done to you

Is there something, Dragon Lady

To release him I can do

If you could eat this bowl of food

Your Papa would be released

And saved from the Dragon Lady

But I think he won't be pleased

The woman then sat on a chair

By the fire was her seat

As they were coal the Dragon Lady

On the fire placed her feet

Her soft and smooth and snow white skin

Cracked and reddened all ablaze

Finally the Dragon Lady

Made the boy, astonished, gaze

For though she was indeed a beast

She had near human features

Only now the Dragon Lady

Seemed like a diff'rent creature

Doesn't it hurt you to be burnt

As it hurts me terribly

How come, mighty Dragon Lady

You can burn so merrily

Why, it wouldn't hurt you either

Come and sit here in the fire

For being the Dragon Lady

I rule nature in my shire

I thought this land belonged to me

I was here before you came

But you are the Dragon Lady

I guess you can make this claim

Oh, little boy, this realm belongs

To the fairies and the sprites

And I, the fair Dragon Lady

Sometimes call upon my rights

Are you a sprite or a fairy

Papa says you're not a ghost

Please tell me, miss Dragon Lady

'Cause this puzzles me the most

I'm no ghost, call me a sprite

Or a strange type of fairy

Though even the Dragon Lady

Finds herself a bit airy

A type of fairy, then, you are

So you're not evil, I think

Give me a task, Dragon Lady

To break Papa off your link

Come in the fire, sit with me

To free Papa you must hear

The tale of the Dragon Lady

Then a task I'll give you, dear

Author's Note

Sorry about the length. These are long poems, though. You'll see it in the next ones (huge! oh my god)

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

An interesting poem. Thank you for sharing...:)