the size and make
of a dragon's
I've been given
under a blue moon
stars fed the blackness
with incantations
the night I came
into being
three ravenous tongues*
inflamed the silence
with fire and fury
the moment my first
crying was heard.
(Posted to the Imaginary Garden)
(*from believing awe, bewilderment and fear fill the silence when a child is born)
What an entrance. I especially like the opening stanza about the dragon heart. So, what will you do for a main act?
ReplyDeleteI haven't put enough thought on it, Shay, I could find myself an Erebor and spend the rest of my days sleeping on a treasure. :)
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I see knight's and dragons and the beginning of a story waiting to be born from your words!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great invocation -- scooping up all the resonance of coming into being, and then flinging it wide across the sky. Loved it. Great use of words from the challenge. - Brendan
ReplyDeleteNight at sometimes gives calm and sometimes can be spooky!
ReplyDeletekinda MacBeth-y goodness, here. :)
ReplyDeleteLove that last stanza, what a way to be born.
ReplyDeletea mysterious arrival....great lines...
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful - and shouldn't a child's birth break the silence with those inflaming tongues? I think so. There is an understated power to be found in your poetry - I never leave here unaffected.
ReplyDeleteYow! Yowl, baby dragon, we need your wisdom.
ReplyDeleteThis has the feel of a fairy tale's beginning (and I love me some fairy tales).
ReplyDeleteLike Plath's poems often do, this seems full of ancient omens and symbols--all expressed freshly. To have a dragon's heart is both blessing and curse, I would think.
ReplyDeletePowerful - I love the heart the size of a dragon's.
ReplyDeleteGreat atmosphere created. The majestic birth of a child. Words to savor.
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A blessing and a curse… I like this!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely made an entrance...love the idea of being born with a heart the size of a dragon's
ReplyDeletein lands of old did stand the guard who watched with eyes of flint, the rocking eggs to soon burst out and to the children wait. or somewhere in that universe. :) ~
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