To a Chinese Dragon

To A Chinese Dragon Sponsor: David Lindsay Ode to you, my Chinese Dragon, for you have stolen my heart! your slow slimy tail was wagging and ripped a toll booth apart! You carry a long scaly body and a head like a slithering snake, “come along with me instead of feeding by the lingering lake!” Just under your head you wear the long beard of a male goat, during thunder, I’ve read, you wear the wrong colored rain coat. You have four clenching claws made to tear apart your prey, or drenching the waterfalls in flames near the park last Tuesday??? A fire-breathing creature created from the old time mythology, with an acquired seething feature outdated from pre-histology. Outlined in red your body is full colored greens and yellows, defined instead, you embody a skully face to scream “HELLO!” You symbolize potent and auspicious powers full of strength, I’ve realized it’s important you’re not malicious, but intense. You’ve summoned the wind and at times called for the rain, possibly undone what’s been created without falling or pain. Your good luck charm is number nine, for we shall never part! you'll never harm me in time, for you have stolen my heart! *Couplet with added internal rhyme* Date Written: July 18, 2016