[saint george]

All the dragons I’ve slain
have been mirages
to myself - when hot-headed
I fought wars
to calm maelstrom thoughts
before I sank:
Bought and sold
by bronze and brawn,
Sought to plunder
heartlands not my own
and lay siege
to damnations, to sacrifice
lambs as savior
from Bael’s claws, to confess
to the Spanish cloister
I have drawn
lines in blood
against my brothers.
All the dragons I’ve slain
have been mirages
to myself. 

Author's Note

Something I'm still working on . . .

Reviews

[Pax]

if this is a work in progress, then you've done a great job so far... i know this kind of feelings, this emotional battle within self, is a war frustrates many of us... the echoes hurts, every slash its sends feedback twice the folds... i always admire how you create pieces like this my friend... and oh, ps: is that your drawing or from the internet, its quite nice... i like it...

[Extant]

Yes, that's exactly what it is. We are our worst critics, right? And there is sometimes so much disconnect between what we are and what we want to be.
That is an image from the internet, I'm not nearly that talented. (:

[RedInk524]

Sounds to me like a person that is at war with themself, struggling to be comfortable in their own skin. This can be due to mental disorder, additiction, harship, or really just the persons environment in general. The person is trying to quell the monster within before it affects others but is failing to do so. Kinda sounds like me. Every person is fighting a battle, some just aren't as good at hiding it. Reminds me of a quote by Stephen King about monsters being real but only inside people and that sometimes those monsters win. This may not seem finished to you, but I think it sums the theme up perfectly. Any more you add will be Bonuses.

[Extant]

:) That's one of my favourite quotes. I suppose I feel like this sometimes, I definitely have flaws that would be easier to live without, but then who doesn't? I think I pressure myself sometimes into being a hero though, like Saint George, when really, naturally, I'm not always a good person. And that makes me a hypocrite . . . I don't know. Life is complicated so . . .

[RedInk524]

There is s reason behind everything. Even in the ranks of those deemed evil there are heroes, such as some Nazis in WW2 who went against the system. And then there were some villains on the allies side. Just be your self and do what you think is right. Being a hero doesn't have to include saving lives, sometimes just the right words or action at the right time no matter how seemingly small can alter the course of a life or many for the better (or worse). Often times, a person doesn't realize that they are a hero to someone. After all, how could you possibly see through another person's eyes from where they stand? Something you see as a trivial act could mean the world to a person. But you may never know it unless they told you. Again, just be yourself.

[RedInk524]

I can almost guarantee that nearly every hero in existence had no original intention of being so, they just did what they felt was right.