A Dragon Tale by Kate Demeree
Introduction to A Dragon Tale
Where this tale may take you, or what all it may tell
Come with me Dear Reader to the land where Dragons Dwell. Some may breath you fire and simply pass you by Beware I beseech you
the ones that rule the sky. Dragons come in many forms, and can change their shape at will They live across the ocean, and here upon the hill. Theirs is the breath that warms the land in the spring
Theirs is the tune that you hear your lover sing When it comes the summer and there is heat upon the land Then is the time that they take the form of man If you have a daughter and live here in the dell
Dear Friend take my warning, in the summer guard her well. If she has a spirit
and eyes of sky like hue Then my friend beware
keep her close to you Once there was a mage who lived here in this land With a daughter born of water, who cooled the burning sand Each summer night she would walk beneath her mother moon, Every morning on her return shed hum a haunting tune She walked as in a dream a smile upon her face And not a man could woo her nor still her restless pace As her fathers daughter she came into her own He knew she had great power hed watched as it had grown He had taken notice when his daughter walked the night And refused each suitor as had been within her right The rest of my story
the tale that I will tell Was told me by the nurse maid who remembers very well She never knew the mother she only knew the mage... Once when she asked of her
he had flown into a rage Now then heres my story
and you will plainly see Sometimes we get no quarter
From the call of destiny
A Dragon Tale 10/15/00 11:45 PM
Cloaked all in black, with eyes of blue Bathed by the moonlight she is walking through Within the breast, beneath the cloak, A heart of stone, that is chipped and broke Within the eye, a darkening pool, Within the mind, a thought
You fool. With every step into the night, She vows to claim, what is her right. Within her hand there glows a rod, It marks for her the path to trod. Step by step she seals her fate And now beholds the Iron Gate Beyond this porthole lies her goal Within the valley her captive soul
Hed danced for her a dance of desire With velvet tong, and eyes of fire In the valley and beneath the moon Her heart hed stolen all to soon Hed carried her into the sky In his passion taught her to fly Eye to eye and breast to breast North to south and east to west From the dawn to the set of sun Until twas finished what theyd begun While she lie there in his arms Reveling in his loving charms He did wrest her soul away Err had begun another day
For he was spawned of dragon seed A maidens soul had been his need He had looked into her eye As he swept her through the sky Cradled her within his arm Wooed her with his dragon charm When he had viewed her desire It had stoked his dragons fire Hed matched her step with practiced ease Then lifted her on his heated breeze Brushed aside her golden hair Bathed her neck with his scented air Inhaled her essence, and caressed her skin And she had blindly
let him in.
As she walks within the night She draws to her an ethereal light She can feel the call begin She hears it echoed on the wind Every step, within that place Is writ with emotion upon her face This is where it had all begun With dragon born of fire and sun Now she walks and holds the rod To light the path that they had trod As she stands beyond the gate
She knows she must not hesitate Sorceress born of water and moon Whod been tempted by the dragons tune
She walks beneath her mother moon Humming softly a haunting tune With each step she gathers might Building up the ethereal light She thinks of all the mage had said She cant believe that he is dead She had seen him start to sway As shed tried to break away Release me sire shed tried to plead Just before shed seen him start to bleed Youll not walk alone this night, I will make you do whats right Do not turn your sight from me
On THIS night youll not roam free
I should have known it all along The tune you hum is a dragon song It s not the same as it used to be When she used to hum for me
Oh
the tune she sang was sweet Beneath the moon when we used to meet Dragon born of water and moon
She stole my heart all too soon. On the day that you were born It was a cold and frosty morn My love did look me in the eye And sadly whisper a soft good-bye She vowed to take you to the lair She said that youd be happy there
Into the air she had flown
Leaving me here all alone. As I walked the wooded path... Pain did fuel my lonely wrath She had to leave
I understood
But youd been destined for the wood I had been her steadfast steed How could she do this dreadful deed? I was doomed to walk the earth That was what her love was worth Had given her my valued seed And she fulfilled my every need Our child it was understood Would be the one to guard the wood
A Golden Horn beneath the sand And promises to save the land A dragons ways she did forsake For the child our love would make Word had spread thorough out the land Hope for the future was at hand The fate the old ones had foretold Of a land lost for the gold That was not the fate to be For our love would set all free Now without my Golden Horn I was no more unicorn For our love to set us free
I must keep you here with me
The Golden Horn I did retrieve To pierce the beast who did deceive The wooded path I did trod Led forward by that golden rod Deep within the darkest night Taking what had been my right Every step within that place In my mind I nightly trace Every sound with-in the wood Said this night would bode no good I could hear her siren call Whispering softly beyond the wall Within the wall an iron gate Still
I did not hesitate
In pain and anger I lashed out Golden sparks flew all about When I struck twas with all my might Give Me the child, she is My Right The iron gate it could not stand Not before my magic hand Beyond the wall beyond the gate With dragon call my love did wait As I looked into her eye Soft escaped a final sigh Her mortal form she did spurn To dragon form she did return With silver wings to soar the sky And haunting tunes to lure men by
The words then that she spoke to me Were meant to ward off destiny Oh my love
you foolish man, I plead with you
to understand This is where the babe must be Within the hill beneath the tree In your anger do not spurn The love you gave and I return Else before the rise of sun What we sought to stop
will have begun Already it is growing warm And I am trapped in dragon form The earth rejoiced when the babe was born Until
the moment... you retrieved ...the horn
No my love
do not come near Words you speak they will not hear You who vowed to give up all Now rod in hand stand within the wall I only meant to pass her by And never looked into her eye I knew I could not persevere If I should view the dragons tear I made the move toward the lair I thought to catch her unaware When I did she gave a start And I did pierce
my lovers heart
Her form did change before my eye And dragons tears no more shed cry They now were gone except for two I carry one and so do you Within the locket upon your breast With a chain of gold from the dragons nest When she breathed her final sigh Golden sparks filled the nighttime sky All the earth screamed out in pain Then began the golden rain Every where a drop did light A fire burned in the dark of night. As I sobbed into her silver hair I heard you cry within the lair
As I lay her down to rest A lump of ice within my chest I vowed to keep you here with me Youre all I have of her you see When I neared the Dragon lair Golden fire was everywhere In the hill beneath the tree Where the dragon lord was said to be I found you laid beside a box With golden chains and silver locks Dragon gems in your golden hair Bits of treasure scattered everywhere You lay before the dragon throne Crying softly all alone
As I turned to leave that place I beheld the lord of the dragon race Oh
it was a humbling site To view the dragon in all his might I looked into his eyes of changeling hue As the Dragon Lord looked at you When he chanced to look at me His anger it was plain to see He stretched out his silver wing And drew in the air a golden ring Within the ring there was a view Now I know it was of you Beside the ring he drew another In this ring I beheld your mother
He drew a third, which was not clear Still my heart it filled with fear The Dragon Lord looked me in the eye He shook his head and did reply As you have taken my child from me So will a dragon take thine from thee You promised us to forsake all To live in peace with within this wall We gave to you a human shell A place for your magic self to dwell You were granted my daughters hand And both pledged peace for all the land You relinquished your Golden Horn So the child could be born
My daughter gave her dragon heart You have held it from the start The child that was destined to be The one my daughter bore for thee You hold it now within your arms But it will know a dragons charms The dragon wood we sought to save It now becomes my daughters grave The third ring that is yet to be A future youll not live to see But youll regret what youve done this day And for your acts youll be made to pay When the child is woman grown Then is when you will atone
The wood you guarded so jealously Now brightly burns for all to see While we must leave our dragon home All the earth we have to roam You
oh foolish unicorn
Will walk the beach where the child was born And when at last the wood has grown Back to this mountain we will have flown The child born of water and moon She shall hear the dragons tune Tis then shell know a dragons charm Tis then your soul she will alarm She will acquire your magic power And you will live
your final hour
One day you will feel the pain and fear Ive sealed within my daughters tear Having given this prophecy The Dragon Lord reached out to me There within that silent place Held within a winged embrace He placed a chain upon my fear Sealed it within your mothers tear Within a locket upon my breast Where it shall forever rest Then he looked into my brain He let me feel his dragon pain Again he looked upon your face Said, Behold the future
an emerging race
Till it is to late youll forget all Youll not remember the Dragon Wall He breathed on me with scented air From that moment I was unaware Each night as I lay down to rest I feel the tear upon my breast When I hear the night wind sigh My love does sing me a lull-a-bye Though what I view within the dream Awakes me with a nightly scream I walk within a burning land And grasp a rod within my hand I hold you tightly to my breast Walk forever and can not rest
Until I reach the sandy shore And my feet can move no more The rod that is within my hand Shoots liquid gold and burns the sand It is the beach where you were born Where now resides my Golden Horn Do not walk alone this night Guard the wood do what is right Now you are a woman grown Tonight the time I must atone Memories of the dreadful deed I committed to fulfill my need Captured here within this tear Dragon pain and unicorn fear
Again in her mind she sees him fall Knowing he had told her all She feels once more his final sigh As a silent tear falls from her eye She had held him to her breast Then placed him beneath the sand to rest And there had been the Golden Horn Of her father the unicorn It called to her to come and see It promised answers to the mystery If she would hold it within her hand It promised her shed understand It had shown her the Dragon Wall She heard within the dragons call
Cloaked all in black, with eyes of blue Bathed by the moonlight she is walking through
Upon the breast beneath the cloak A dragon tear and a heart thats broke Within the eye, a darkening pool Within the mind, a thought
you fool With every step into the night She prays she is doing what is right Within her hand the golden rod That marks the path for her to trod Step by step she seals her fate For now she stands beyond the gate Within the valley that holds her soul Stands Dragon Mountain
her goal
As she steps within the wood She can sense where her mother stood She knows that she must persevere Still she stops
to caress the tear Wishing
that as she had grown Her mothers love she could have known She hears a rustle of the leaves
And feels the air blow through the trees Still she stands with heavy heart Waiting for the message it would impart The birds that sit within the trees Nestling in the scented breeze Yes she knows the calls begun And will continue until all is done
She can feel his want and sense his need Still it is a call she can not head She must walk within the night It is her task to do whats right She holds tightly to the rod And the path begins to trod The rod will tell her what is best With its help shell pass the test Within her hand she feels a spark The golden rod has made its mark Placed it there for the world to see For she is the child of destiny As she looks into her hand She beholds a golden brand
The golden brand is of the moon And it vibrates to the dragons tune It seems the call is stronger now She must resist
but does not know how She can remember the dragons fire As he lifted her ever higher And still can hear the dragon sigh As he looked her in the eye Remember yet his dragon charm Still feel the strength within his arm Taste the honey of his kiss No
she must think like this Twas he who stole her very soul She must retrieve it
that was her goal
Every step
every breeze
. Every sigh within the trees Memories of their first embrace The time they loved within this place Haunting her within her mind A pair of eyes
the dragon kind Eyes that are of changeling hue Eyes that steal the breath from you The kind that wrest your soul away While you gaily laugh and sway To the tune the dragon sings And all pleasures that he brings As she nears the dragon nest She feels a heat within her chest
Deep within her, her being cries How could I believe his dragon lies? I even helped him to reach his goal I handed him my mortal soul She holds tight now to the tear Of dragon pain
and unicorn fear In a clearing in the wood There before her the dragon stood Oh
he was wondrous to behold With eyes of silver
and hair of gold He did walk with manly grace
Strength and power etched upon his face In the air upon the breeze A haunting whisper
come to me
fly with me
please
I am born of dragon seed it is my love that now you need you have tasted of dragon desire I have touched you with my fire When I loved you in the sky You felt how
it is to fly Within the scent of dragon skin And you did beg me
to come in Now deep within my dragon breast Your mortal soul has come to rest You did not feel alarm While you drank of dragon charm What is it now that you fear? Your own desire
or whats in the tear
She knew she should keep her head
Not listen to what the dragon said So many memories in this place But of his love she saw no trace She began a lull-a-bye As she looked into his eye She knew he was dragon spawn She had known it all along She sang to him without a fear And never shed a single tear She had heard his dragon song
Now she chose to sing along Would he hear
could he know How much now would she show?
Their forms did soar into the sky The song no more a lull-a-bye They danced the dance of desire Blended it with ice and fire A steamy mix of fire and rain There within that astral plain Beneath the sun
beyond the moon While both did sing a dragon tunehe did breath upon her skin Daring her to let him in She did stoke the dragon fire Tempting him to take her higher When he held her breast to breast He felt the tear between them pressed
Then she took him for a ride And no longer did he guide She took him to her starry home The entire universe they did roam Every step along the way She taught him to love and play She would look him in the eye And take him higher into the sky They had fulfilled their every need And she had done a dreadful deed Though he had taught her how to fly And to soar the starry sky She had taught him how to love In the heavens high above
But now it was the morning bright And she would claim what was her right With the hand the rod did mark She shot out a golden spark Deep within the dragons chest Where her mortal soul did rest Now there began a liquid rain And she did have her soul again He gazed upon the sorceress there And still
he was unaware Give me back
what you gave to me For without it I can not be free Was his roar of fire and pain As he snatched her back again
He did bare his dragon chest And upon it there was a crest Finish the job
that you did start
Take my life
rip out my heart Now she lay within his arm Still she felt no alarm As she stayed within his hold She spoke the words that were foretold One may take and one may give One may die and one may live Or both may hold onto the rod And choose the path that they would trod
For the dragon born of fire and sun Her heart and soul had surly won
View me now and you will see
It is the time of prophecy
For there sits upon my hand A glowing living golden brand And there
upon your massive chest Sits
the fiery golden crest
Water and moon
fire and sun To do the deed that must be done Choose to love
choose to give Both of us may freely live Speaking thus she gave him her hand Showing him the living brand She took the rod that was her guide Looked at him with love and pride
Placed the point against her breast Where the dragon tear did rest Again they were in the Dragon Wood She prayed that he understood Oh dragon love dont make me cry Give me a kiss to dry my eye
Hold me my love forever near And I
will have
no fear Now was the time
this was the test He placed the rod against his chest And he did draw her ever near Till it did pierce both chest and tear All the world ceased to exist When at last
they kissed
Two forms now became as one And shine with fire and golden sun As the stars fall from the sky Gather them and lift them high There begins a gentle rain Seeding the earths fertile plain Every creature
there below Then beheld a golden glow And there beneath the mother moon All could hear the dragons tune Now within the night time sky Two golden dragons swiftly fly Peace now reigns upon the earth Of dragon love and unicorn mirth
05/15/2003 Posted on 05/16/2003 Copyright © 2025 Kate Demeree
Member Comments on this Poem |
Posted by David R Spellman on 05/16/03 at 10:02 PM Great to see this one back again and nice to have another read. A complex, magical tale it surely is! |
Posted by Christina Bruno on 05/20/03 at 05:29 AM this was well worth the wait, i love it. it was really excellent, kate |
Posted by Kalikala Smith on 05/20/03 at 07:05 PM lovely poem... i was a bit taken back when i saw this title... i have a poem with the same title... i like yours better;) |
Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 05/22/03 at 12:46 AM Remarkable fantasy! There is a keen sense of anticipation and suspense. |
Posted by Charles E Minshall on 05/22/03 at 04:43 AM Had me enthralled all the way Kate. Very well done
.....Charlie |
Posted by Ken Harnisch on 05/24/03 at 05:56 PM Vividly imagined....great story telling! it is good to see this posted again...and you should think of having this published! I mean it! |
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