Photo by Graham A Stephen (http://geotopoi.wordpress.com)
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Through thorny forests and carmine streams,
she straddles her horse in dream-filled sleep.
Nightmares crawl from beneath rocks
when her celestial eyes droop shut.
Stars abound in the night skies –
oblivious of the terror the dark hides.
She’s not a princess nor a knight,
and she wears no armor to her fights.
The dragon looms and awaits her.
He’s forged from her childhood horrors.
As she approaches, he scorches her skin.
It’s a familiar pain that never ends.
She gnashes her teeth. Enough is enough!
It’s time she faced her fears; they must stop.
With a keen sword, she severs his head clean
and sighs gratefully. No more dragons in her dreams.
Photograph by Graham A Stephen (Click here to visit and follow his blog). ❤
She faced she faced her fears
No more dragons in her dreams
Great imagery
Beautiful
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Aw, thank you! 🐉 ❤
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Rose… Your writings are truly superb. I’m always so impressed with you. ❤
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Ah, Carisa, I so appreciate your lovely visits and words! 🐉 ❤ 🐉
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I love visiting <3. Thank you!!
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good work with words
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Thank you San! 🐉 🐉 🐉
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Read this one over and over…fantastic!…seems so real…
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Dragons are real! Thank you very much. 🐉 Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!! 🙂
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Wow…so that really was a dragon!
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This is my absolutely beautiful, one of my favourites of all your works. Brilliant.
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You’re the sweetest Irish lad! Really?? One of your faves?! Aw, shucks — thanks, Oggy. 🐉 ❤
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I kind of sang it, rather than read it, as the melody was so present from the opening lines. I loved it. xo
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I wish I could’ve heard that! Lol. Glad you enjoyed my poem!! Many thanks. xo 🐉
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Victorious dream ^_^
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YES! Thanks for visiting, Francis. 🐉 xo 🐉
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Thanks for share your poems, Rose : )
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Y’r a star, Rose..love the poem and the message of hope it brings. xx
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Me? A star?? Um, okay! Lol. Thank you for reading my poem, Paula!! 🐉 xo 🐉
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Feel bad for the dragon in dragonheart 😀 ❤ Brilliant piece Rose x
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Only bad dragons get their heads cut off 🙂 Thank you, Joshua! 🐉 ❤ 🐉 🐉
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great image chosen and cracking good poem
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Thank you! Cracking good – I love that. 😊
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Phenomenal…..Loved it
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Thanks so much. 😘
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Excellent Rose excellent.
“Nightmares crawl from beneath rocks”
“and she wears no armour to her fights”
Great imagery.
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PS
I couldn’t bring myself to take the u out of armour. Lol.
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Thanks Alan! Haha!! I’d never ask you to take the British out of you😍 I do like your dragon heads!!
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Nice poem! Are you a Neil Gaiman fan? There’s one type of dragon everyone forgets about…and it’s big and mean…wanna guess what it is? The dragonfly! Haha…I crack myself up.
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I admire Gaiman, but I can’t say I’ve read enough of his work to call myself a fan. Funny you say that! I started out writing about a dragonfly, then somehow, my pen got possessed or something and began writing about a bigger dragon altogether! True story. Has that ever happened to you before when you start out with an idea and it morphs into something else? 🐲🐉
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I have a few books by Neil Gaiman…The Sandman comes to mind, and a few others. Yeah, I know what you mean, sometimes ideas take on a life of their own. Rat Bastard started out as a slightly different concept, and then it eventually mutated…gotta love creativity! Haha.
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I’ve read Sandman, but that’s about it. I think we have the book somewhere. Love Rat Bastard — can’t wait for Part II!! 🐁 ❤
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I have Sandman: Endless Nights — a type of graphic novel. I also had a Sandman paperback novel, but I lost it many years ago.
Haha — very clever! I almost didn’t see your rat glyph.
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WOW! Beautiful dragon eye and tears!! Thanks T! 🐉 ❤ 🐉
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You’re just an absolutely darling aren’t you? Always have something so nice to say.
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Only for you, lovely friend 🙂
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Awww! 🙂
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What has to be done has to be done. Girl with no armor cannot bear any longer. Sorry, dragon.
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Haha! Clever poetry, Inese!! Thank you very much 🐉 ❤
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That was a great poem. I have a serious question I want to ask for once. It struck me that the girl had a male dragon. I’m a man (apparently), but I’d automatically think of a scary dragon as female. (I’m so sorry, female-kind!). Now I’m wondering if that’s just me being an oddball, or if there might be some kind of more general pattern at work here. (My money is on me being an oddball.)
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Thank you, BunK! Such a serious question from you! I have to sit and ponder. Okay, I’m also putting on my unsmiling face. Hmm. Hmmm. I think you must’ve been scared by female dragons when you were just a little bag head. This girl, in my poem, was tormented by a mean male dragon who lived by the sea. I think his name was Puff. Yep. True story. 😜 💋
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Oh, I remember Puff! I loved that rascal! All that frolicking in the Autumn mist that he got up to. Ha, great stuff!
Sad how it all ended, though, with him slipping into his cave and ceasing his fearless roar. So tragic…
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I love that princess of yours who swings her own sword 🙂
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She’s quite the badass! Thank you. 💐
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we like badass 🙂
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❥ ツ ღ ☻ YES, we do! haha!!
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