Writing For G.O.T

The Dragon in Me (Week 2 Prompt 3)

inside me, a granite-walled grotto
where a mighty dragon arrived
and I met him at the door
just to prove a rule
that power outsources wounds
and scales and wings
hot-headed, fiery things
can have nine lives

as such, slithering off the cave
the dragon, once sent away
but now changed,
pretends to play
in my veins and I,
grateful for whatever flows
into the pond inside my heart,
say to this winged valor,
“welcome,” with no blame
dark thought or shame

“welcome and drop the fire
from the sky into my core, and
if this old blood you renew,
I can write you a poem, true
of wings and flames
scorching away my worldly ways
giving me back my vision
so I can finally see
that I am the lucky one
to have my dragon in me.”

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Prompt 3: Dragons