Last of his kind
\nby cricketjeff on December 4, 2008.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nJust twice in every century for all his thousand years
\nHe’d flown back to the hills where he had hatched
\nThe men who lived beneath them cowered in long remembered fears
\nThis ritual had awful deeds attached
\nThe mighty beasts that filled the skies must hunt before they mate
\nWhen catching lady dragons humans make the perfect bait<\/p>\n
As season came and seasons went the dragon flock declined
\nAs men discovered nests and laid them waste
\nThe end he thought may be in sight for all of dragonkind
\nThe mighty line of monsters be replaced
\nFor fifty years ago tonight his lady flew away
\nHe’d waited all that time until they’d meet again today<\/p>\n
And now he’s raised his mighty head let loose his mating roar
\nAnd listened for the beat of dragon’s wings
\nBut all he hears is emptiness no meeting is in store
\nHe stares into the grief the future brings
\nHe does not hunt for children to entice his lady wife
\nNor swoop to rob a villager of what is left of life<\/p>\n
The saddest dragon ever hatched is taking to the skies
\nHis final flight from heartache and disease
\nThe valleys of these Northern lands now echo to his cries
\nHe’s heading for the greatest of the seas
\nAnd as the moon shines overhead he dives down to the deep
\nA mighty splash, a hiss of steam and then eternal sleep<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nOption three mating season (for dragons)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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