Dragon's Fire

All this, because of a grade? Yes.

There is a breath of dragon's fire lodged in my throat.

If I let it out, I fear there will be nothing left.

The ashes will be the proof of my rage.

With no one left to show but the great expanse of sky,

Forever blue, and infinite, and infuriatingly unrelenting to my destruction.

If I hold the fire, it leaks from my eyes,

Burning a trail down my face and leaving ugly paths of fire

See! My marred features? 

It falls from my face to my chest, 

It burns my clothes 

It burns my skin,

It leaves my naked.

My dragons fire is exposed,

It consumes me, 

and in the end, 

The world burns anyway.

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Typo fifth line from the bottom. "me instead of my" I had to read this one since I adore dragons. I just finished watching the movie Dragonheart 4 tonight. I've only had the collection a few days. 1 is great, 2 is pretty good. 3 is awful...not worth watching and 4 is pretty good. There are 5 in all. I have no idea what happened to number 3...it went dark and scary and pretty much lost all the humor in the series. Oh well, back to your poem. I enjoyed this. It feels like someone afraid of being consumed by their own destiny. But don't be afraid of burning down the world. At the rate we are commencing others may do it before you ever get the chance. Keep up the great writing. I enjoyed the read.