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This is the first "free verse" poem I can recall writing... Please leave a comment.

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©Chaotic Keela

I leap into the air,

my talons scraping the hardened earth.

My wings unfold,

lifting me into the skies where I belong.

The wind caresses me,

like a lover or a close friend,

whispering beautiful secrets

in an untold, primal language.

I unleash a bestial roar,

a playful challenge to the world below.

Flying into the setting sun,

I chase rays of diminishing light

as the colors dance upon my sparkling scales.

I spend hours there, but the time passes quickly;

the light of Father Sun is soon replaced

by the pale glow of Mother Moon.

Tucking my wings, I dive downwards--

spiraling, twirling, twisting,

unfurling them just in time to catch myself,

landing with natural precision and grace.

As the world begins to fall into peaceful slumber,

so I do; the night singing to me her ancient lullaby.

I startle awake, the sun shining down onto my face through glass.

I look down in surprise. My scales have turned to skin,

my magnificent wings into weak, human limbs.

I don't understand this change in form,

my brain still under the effects of deep sleep.

Thinking back, I realize my blissful hours were only a dream.

The harsh reality delivers a crippling blow to my soul,

the soul of a true dragon trapped in a body of flesh.

I cover my human eyes with unwanted hands,

mourning the loss of something I never truly had--

a happiness I was not born to know.