The dragon peers down from his cloud

He turns his head to the west

And curls into his sleeping rain

The cloud dissipates into the overcast sky

I think of you…………..

Hellfire has you pinned down

Your corner of the world is in flames

Reaches through lightning storms

To find us warm in this cloud of rain

I’ve seen the red smoky sun

Drift slowly downward

Behind these trees through the shadows

Shimmering its fire on my wall

As darkness fell

So the cold night air followed

And found loneliness in my chair

Pale, cold, unwanted, pouts

Like the summer bloom

Her needs weight on my heart

I unsuccessfully chase her away

She’s never too far

Pulling upon the strings of my past.

I’m unto a second night

Cold damp air

The red-smoked sunset

Long gone paraded by moon and stars

And your smile felt in my hearty

Warms the coast of winter

Hellfire has grown still now.

Your brow moistens from the heat.

Run with me quickly!

Feel your heart race and heave

Every breath drawn in

With the scent of ocean swells

And fresh mountain air

Hold my hand and run faster

Fly off the cliff

Plunge with me towards

The ocean’s embrace

Transforms us into whales

Dancing under the swells

Into the depths of the night

Within the house of sunshine

Into the room of days

Where light streams through

Our corridor of quiet constant motion.

And for a breath, I’ll bellow

A howl through the fluid universe

You’ll answer “I love you.”

And again to surface

And we are once again a foot on the beach.