The Dragon in Me
Swelling, smouldering, burnt beginnings, casting amber forms rendering, Warnings, smoking, inner soot, charring breaster, basting, cooked, Creation, never tasting, sucking, stealing, cell by cell, wrathful, raging, Always stewing, pushing, scheming, slashing dreamers, queendom's sun Rising, grasping, determined, done, brave beast birthed, conquering life, Challenged one, cracking strife, bloody thirst beckons, persevering reckons, Feminine fiasco, unleashes mountains of memories buried yet still known, Decades, eons, castrated centuries, cultivated screams, hatching ashes, life Unseen, doubt stripped, re-equipped, repossessed, enough tests, ancient Wisdom never rests, pride buds, tongues hot, breathe in, it's time, she's Done, first inhale cold, sweet air, exhale flames, dare not scare, stand tall, Face oppressor, retreated place, tiny dragon needs fertile space, fiery eyes, Look into thine, bowing, owning, gently, ne'er toiling, hand to hand, chain Disbanded, links, unlinked, chains fall, then sink, back to Mother where Life begins, in the womb of the Dragon's den