| THE DRAGON AND THE GYPSY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| | | | >There once was a dragon, twenty feet in height, >With glistening scales the color of rubies. >His eyes possessed the power of piercing sight >And mirrored the incandescence of moonbeams. >Kindness and wisdom won this dragon no fame. >Nay, fighting and anguish and greed were his game. >There once was a gypsy maiden with eyes so blue, >Like a pool of crystal water, shining and deep. >Her garments lacked riches and sterling silver, too. >Her body was graceful, formed to dance and to leap. >Life for the roving lady was one eternal fling >In which no connection remained, everlasting. >The gypsy was meandering over the plains >When a violent storm howled and raged out of the north. >Lost in the cloudy darkness, fog and drenching rains, >The beautiful nomad was stranded on the moor. >Racing to his dry cave to escape the torrent, >The red dragon heard the gypsy's shriek of torment. >That screech so moved the crimson dragon's heart of stone, >He even pondered rescuing the poor damsel. >Then the wind blustered and benumbed him to the bone, >Making his flesh wish it was safe within his cell. >Closer and closer, the scarlet dragon rushed >And finally resolved the gypsy's cries to hush. >Like a bright meteor he appeared from the sky. >Swooping over her, he snatched her up in his fist. >Green eye of the dragon met the blue gypsy eye >And away the two soared o'er the rimy mist. >From that night onward, wherever they roamed afar, > No being in reality could their love mar. | | | | | | | | Favourite links |
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