Dragon's Ring

DRAGON’S RING
S.JENSEN © 2014

I AM STILL NO CLOSER
TO KNOWING HOW
TO FIND

WHAT IS THIS
YOU WISH

TO KNOW OUR HEARTS
LADY?
HOW DARE YOU
RUSH IN AND
FOR THIS LOVE
SHALL WE CONFIDE
IN YOU ALL
OUR DARKEST
SECRETS

REVEALED
STARTLED THE
DRAGON SPREADS
THE WINGS
AND ROSE IN THE
AIR

WHEN ALL IS SETTLED
ITS GOLDEN EYES
OBSERVES
ALWAYS
IN THIS EMPTY
GRACE

I UNDERSTAND
YOUR AGITATION
YOU HAVE A KEEN
INTEREST
THOU
DON’T YOU
ISN’T IT SO?

THE ONE DESTINED
TO FREE
ALL FROM
TYRANNY
IS YOUR INTEREST
SPECIAL
MY LADY
IS IT NOT?

MY VOICE
HOLDS THE
SLIGHTEST
TREMOR
MY GAZE UPON HER
ALWAYS
EVERYTHING
AT ONCE

DID YOU LIE
TO ME?

TESTING THE
TESTER?

SO SHALL IT BE

IT FOLDED ITS
PRIMARY WINGS

CURVED THEM
AROUND
PROTECTING
AS IT OBSERVED
FROM ITS PERCH

ONE THING
YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS
REMEMBER

ON THIS PLANET
OFTEN LEGEND
AN A FACT
ARE OFTEN ONE
AND THE SAME

I AM CALLED
WHAT I AM
BECAUSE
OF THE
PROPHESY
AS IT IS
WRITTEN

THE PROPHESY
IS BEING
FULFILLED
IN THE LIVING PROOF
OF THINGS
THAT OCCUR

WITHOUT
INTIMIDATION
OR FEAR
THE TWO GO
TOGETHER
THEY ARE
LINKED BY
A BOND
THAT TRANSCENDS
TIME AND SPACE
AS IT IS
WRITTEN
SO SHALL IT BE
STUNNED
SILENCE
THE UNIMAGINABLE
WRATH
HAS BEEN
AROUSED
LIKE WATER FLOWING
THE PATH OF
LEAST RESISTANCE
THEY VENT
IN CRUELTY
AND HATRED
FOR ALL THINGS
FOR A CENTURY
NOTHING
HAPPENED
AND NOW ITS
NOTHING COMPARED
TO WHAT WILL BE
UN-LEASHED UPON
THEM TO USE
THE RING
BRINGS RAIN
OF FIRE DOWN
ALL THAT HAVE DARED
ARE ALL DEAD
NOW

SO YOU TELL ME
IT IS IN BOTH
AS IF IT’S THE SAME
BEING LOST
FOR SO LONG
DOESN’T MEAN
IT ISN’T TRUE
ITS JUST BEEN
HIDING
CLAMPED BETWEEN
THE CARVED
DRAGONS JAWS
AND ITS TIME
TO RETURN

IN THE DAYS
WHEN MOTHER
RULED

THERE WAS A KEEPER
TRAINED BY MOTHER
LIKE HERSELF

POSSESSED THE
ABILITY TO
EITHER HEAL
THE EARTH
OR DESTROY ALL

HOWEVER THE LAST
KEEPER
HAS BEEN DEAD
FOR A CENTURY

MURDERED DURING
THE UPRISING
SO NO ONE IS HERE
TO OPEN THE DOOR

IF THE RING
IS PLACED IN THE
MOUTH OF
THE DRAGON

IT WILL DESTROY
US ALL
PAVING AWAY FOR
THE HELL
BEGINNING

SO SHAPING LIFE
WILL START
ALL OVER AGAIN

AS SHE SEES FIT
LADY IT IS
MY WISH TO KEEP
ALL SAFE

AND INEFFABLE
QUALITY TO SPEAK
IN A WAY
THAT FRIGHTENS
MOST

IT IS A CRUCIAL
NEXUS POINT
IN OUR HISTORIES
AS THE TWO
WORLDS COLLIDE
IT IS SO TRUE
SHINING LIKE A STAR
ONE SPACE
OF A REALM
CROSSING INTO
THIS REALM
IN THE NEUTRAL NET
OF HIS GLOVED
HANDS

AT THE END OF
THE FORK
ASTONISHING
CLARITY

HER VISION
STANDING ON THE
WISHBONE
ARMOR CLAD
HOLDING THE CHILD
IN A MOMENT
OF MADNESS

ALL HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO
DENY THE VALIDITY
SOONER OR LATER

SHE WILL BE
FELT
AT THE SAME TIME
SIDES WILL
BE DIVIDED

MAY WHATEVER
YOU DO
BELIEVE IN
THIS GO WITH YOU
AND PROTECT
YOURS

DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE
INTO THE ICE CAVES

WILL YOU MELT
THE ICY HEART
TO FEEL FOR JUST
A BRIEF MOMENT
REMEMBER

WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU FORSAKE

SEARCHING FOR
THE ANSWERS
FOR THAT’S WHEN
EVIL COMES

I DARE SAY YOU
ARE BEING
TEMPTED
BY EVIL

THEY MUST PAY
FOR THEIR ACTIONS
AND THEY WILL

JUST AS DESTINY
IS TO HAVE HER
HANDS
COVERED IN BLOOD

WHEN ALL SEE
FINALLY
THEY WILL FALL
SILENT

AND BEWILDERED
YET IT
MUST BE
ENDURED AS
IT IS WRITTEN

HEARTS BEATING
FAST

UPON WALKING DOWN
THE PASSAGEWAY
UPON SEEING
THE DOOR
A WALE OF
FOREBODING
WARNED DON’T
GO IN THERE

WITH TERRIFIED EYES
FORCED TO WATCH
A STAR YOU FORMED
A BOND WITH HER
DID YOU NOT
SO NOW SIT AND
WATCH FOR THERE
IS NOTHING ELSE
YOU CAN DO
FOR THE
CRYSTAL SHARDS
ARE EMBEDDED

YOU CAN SAVE HER
BY DOING WHAT I ASK
FOREVERMORE
OBEY
MY WORDS
MY COMMANDS
AND HER
LIFE WILL BE SPARED
ALL SECRETS
WILL BE REVEALED
TO ME
I DEMAND
THEM SO

ASTAR SCREAMS
AND I WATCH
CRYING OUT
I WILL DO AS YOU ASK
SPARE HER
BUT ASTAR REFUSES
TO GIVE UP
THE SECRET

THAT HAS BOUND
US SO

SHE MIMICKS MY
WORDS

THEN ASTAR
SCREAMS SO LOUDLY
THAT THE SHARDS
IN HER THROAT
EXPLODE

AS SHE BEGINS
HER DEATH SCREAM
BILLOWED UP
FROM THE VERY
CORE OF HER

TEN THOUSAND
FRAGMENTS SHATTERED
NO, NO

YOU CAN’T DIE
TELL ME WHAT
YOU KNOW

ASTAR JUST
BLEEDS OUT

A POWERFUL
SURF DROWNING
AS I CRIED OUT

ASCENDANCY OF EVIL
IS AS INEVITABLE
AS THE RISING
OF THE SUN

OR SHIFTING
OF THE TIDES
FACES OF EVIL

WILL ALWAYS CHANGE
BUT ITS
UNDERLYING
NATURE REMAINS
CONSTANT

RESTORATION OF
THE INDIVIDUAL
IS EXCEEDINGLY
DANGERS
AND OFTEN
IMPOSSIBLE

YOU FORSAKE
EVERYTHING

YOUR CLASS
YOUR STATUS
YOUR POWER

EVERYTHING TO
GAIN THE ONE
THING YOU WILL
NOT EVER
UNDERSTAND

IN OTHER
WORDS

SHE IS THE
RESISTANCE
A PROMISE
WAS MADE
AND A PROMISE
WAS KEPT

SO DON’T LET IT
ALL BE IN VAIN

NOW
FOR WHAT IS JUST
IS
AS THE SILHOUETTE
IN THE DARKNESS
GROWS

SO DOES THE NEED
TO STIR
THE WRATH OF NATURE
TO DO WHAT IS
NECESSARY
IN THE END
IT IS FAR TO DANGEROUS
FOR ANYONE ELSE
TO KNOW
SO REMEMBER
MY LOVE
SO MANY
CHANGES
ARE COMING

LET IT REMAIN
AN ABSOLUTE SECRET
BETWEEN TWO
OF US

AS ALL STANDS ON
THE VERGE OF ONE
WYRD’S PATH

SEEING THE
WOVEN WEB
PLAYING THE OTHER
LIKE A MARIONETTE

IN COMPLEX
PATTERNS
RUNES OF FIRE
AND BLOOD
INTERMINGLING
CREATING WAVES
OF ENERGY

NO EASY TASK
COULD BREAK THIS SPELL
IT WAS DIFFERENT
CHIMERICAL
DARK
AND
LIGHT

NOW HOW TO FREE
THE ONE’S SHE LOVED
MOST DEAR

FROM THE GRIPS
ON THE EDGE
OF OTHERWORLD
SHE TURNED
HER FULL
CONCENTRATION ON IT

CARVED WITH THE IMAGES
OF PRICELESS JADE

THE FIVE
DRAGONS
THE RING
TURNING IT
THEY CAME TO LIFE
PULSING IN
THE SORCEROUS
CENTER
OF EACH
ONE A COLOR
BLUE
RED
GREEN
PURPLE
AND
BLACK

THE SHOCKWAVE
COURSED THROUGH
ALL MAGICAL
LEYLINES
AS ITS ESSENCE
FELL APART
IN THE END

SHE STOOD THERE
AS KING
ALL THIS TIME
I THOUGHT
THE ENERGY
WAS FOREIGN

LIKE THAT OF A MALE
SHE CLEARED
HER THROAT

I HAVE TO ADMIT
I AM IN AWE
KNOWING NOW
MALE OR FEMALE
IT DIDN’T MATTER
SHE LOVED
THIS WOMAN
WITH EVERY FIBER
OF HER BEING
IT WAS DRIVING HER
RAVING MAD
THE LONGING
WAS
LEAVING A TASTE
IN HER MOUTH

SHE WAS FILLED UP
WITH IT
MAD WITH IT
HER SOUL SHREDDED
BY IT

BY THE WAY
SHE TOLD ME
I AM WITH CHILD

I CURSED THE
CRUEL FATE
THAT BOUND ME TO HER
FOR NOW
THE ONE
TO COME
WOULD SAVE
THE WORLD
ONE DAY

AND NOW I HAD
TO MAKE A CHOICE

FOR THE RING
WAS STILL ON
THE DRAGON’S FINGER
IN THE LONG LOST
CAVERN

THE HOPE WAS
GOING
TO FADE AWAY

OR BRING THE
DAWN OF A NEW DAY

FOR NOW TO BE
FOUND
TURNED THE
PAGES BACK
TO BLANK

NOTHINGNESS
AS THE CHOICES
ARE ALREADY MADE
FOR THIS HEART
IS ETERNALLY
LOCKED
IS IT LOST?
OR IS IT
JUST
BEGINNING?

AS THE VEIL
OF A THOUSAND
TEARS

RING THROUGH
THE
WILD SPIRIT
LOVE
UNCONDITIONALLY
LOVE
ALL THE SAME