Story Poem, Nr.17 — Epilogue for the Heroic Journey

(Myth - St George and the Dragon)    
    
     
The dragon smiled      
not for a while    
but continuously      
and so religiously      
     
waited as dragons do    
with tail to pointing new -    
was recognised supreme.    
     
And then one day – vague disconnect    
did fix a man between the eyes    
each plagued with vacant staring …    
projected primitive suspicion,    
took enmity to new perdition.    
     
Both now the losers of what might    
spoiled for ever by a fight    
in which the great old dragon slayed    
supposed as “Saint” or “Sir” had prayed    
     
but courage failed, was not enough    
for dragon’s fight with fire and puff:    
shame – a noble friend was lost    
and history reveals the cost    
     
…    
     
but stop…, the dragon loved the “Sir”    
and as planned did he love her    
decided that the two combined      
increased the treasure they would find    
and so together in one pact    
shared forces as a soul-mate act    
thus history supports afresh    
a way to end this ghastly mess …    
     
Heroic Journey now complete    
the cycle starts a new repeat -    
the dragon lives for evermore    
exuding wisdom’s semaphore    
while Saints and Sirs across the land    
renew their old outdated brands.