Snake eating fish, Smith River California

Today! said the Dragon to their self
I will reinvent my life!
No more will I scorch ponds with baby ducks
(Although the smell of instant barbecue is heavenly, and softens the wrath of gods)

No more flying low over fields
torching barns 
Taking delight as ripe maidens
run screaming to the river

No more nursing ancient griefs
No suckling at the teat of slights
souring from the dawn of time

No more pursuing
a fat and wiggly scaly grub
only to realize
it is the nub of my own tail
I’ve chased lo these many years

No! 
Today I go forth!
Warty chin up
I will fly to my own Cheer’s bar
They will shout when I enter
And by Satan’s armpit
They will remember my name!

I will sip a machiatto latte hot and steamy
Hum along as they sing songs of fire and ice 
Laugh at their jokes, tip big and slowly wink

If the courtship sparks and of course it must 
for it's the first in a millennium
we will fly pinwheeling home 

And crawl into the lair
together
Into the damp depths 
where love still yearns

I will bestow the touch, the cuddle
Yea, even my dragon lips
will know the bliss
(of which I’ve only heard tales)

My breath will join theirs
and our glow will spread from our hearts 
and be visible to the Heavens
We will ignite as one