Flights of Fancy

Radiance refracted;
  colors of the sunset fade.
    Cherry coated clouds
    melt into azured coal.
   
The stars climb, singing ancient
    canticles as the legends gather;
    my mind touches each
    jeweled story and moves on.

There flies Pegasus of Herculean fame,
    master of the wind, Draco
    the hundred-headed dragon
    who guarded the golden apples
    of the Hesperides, and Hydra
    the twisting snake encircling
    galaxies.

A soft fluttering of wings
    sends gentle ripples through
    the moon lanced darkness.

Dancing in a cold spotlight,
    the heir of dragons
    traces magical runes
    in the chill night air.

A lonely blossom reaches
    into the cottony silence
    offering it's sweet embrace,
    the nectar of its heart.

Magic still lives.




Notes
Prompt: Word bank – cloud, cotton, color, coat, coal, chill, climb, cherry
Canticles are poems or songs of praise.
Pegasus, Draco, and Hydra are constellations, hence "jeweled stories."

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Ken