Dragons

A Free Verse Thought

Today I sing a hymn to serpents

those scaly tricksters, the sinners, stealers,

vipers, lovers, world-eaters all.

The dragons and wolves, the ones

who hold it all together

or bring it crashing down like

an ancient but beloved rooftop.


Monsters and corrupters so many

call them. But I think they’re

just afraid of truths that come

from forked tongues.