The Dragon speaks

... some (a lot of wisdom) is older than ours

Since I was a child,
I´ve never understood why dragons were supposed to be evil.
Since I was a child,
I have always rooted for the dragon,
never for the dragon slayer ....
Maybe because there is more dragon in me than I´d care to know.

For a long time, I have been sleeping, waiting, watching ...
This is not the age of dragons,
Not even of dragon slayers,
This is the age of Men.
It has been their age for a while.
They think that while is long ...
They know so little.

They - You - might think it lasts forever ...
They don´t know the meaning of forever.
How can they, when they measure time,
when they measure days and years and centuries?
When a millennium to them seems like eternity?

I can wait, wait for a day, a year, a century, 100,000 centuries
- it matters not - until it is MY time again.
I .... have that luxury...

You know, I have seen the dawn of time.
I´ve held the earth in my embrace for - ah, millenia ...
I´ve breathed my fire into it;
I´ve sailed the skies and divided oceans;
I have guarded treasures until they were meant to be found.

In those early days of Dragon and Man,
there was peace and understanding ...
there was respect.

But that soon changed.
They sent Dragon slayers to hunt me and then declared them Saints.
First they lost their humility,
then they lost their respect,
and then - their Faith.

But without Faith ... what it Man?
If you no longer believe in the Dragon, no longer believe in me,.
You have no eyes for my power,
And you won´t see the treasure I am guarding,
let alone find and claim it ...

Even the Dragon slayers of old had more understanding...

So I sleep and wait ... and guard the treasure ...
MY time will come.
But yours ...

To attract good fortune,
spend a new penny on an old friend,
share an old pleasure with a new friend,
and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.

~ Proverb ~

Reviews

[Bubo]

What a beautiful, stunning layout and your wonder of the dragon and the dragons tale.I love dragons......they are incredible powerful and mystical...........I often remember dragons were awesome protectors in my mind
as a child...........wonderful piece.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

I love dragons. I love unicorns and mermaids as well. There is an amazing mermaid tale you would prob love called Lady In The Water. It is a film but a rather odd movie. It is about faith and dreams and realities, a very artsy and interesting flick. At least I loved it. lol As for your poem, I like that you understand that all dragons are not evil. Where would Eragon or Jane's Dragon be? lol True, we humans are vain sniveling little think we know it alls. But there are more things in heaven and earth than mortal men have dreamed. Very nice write.