Curse of a Dragon Lineage

Between a castle and a moat One small goat Strays too far, too long But nothing happens Yet scared stiff, the goat is scared stiff To see this beast, this terrible monster The medieval lands have made him out to be What can this beast do to prove There is beauty beneath his sharp teeth Beauty behind his scales Beauty beyond the smoldering ash belonging to the distant corner of the cave This goat retreats and the animal escapes again For the fleeing goat will bring enraged villagers Local pillagers who think it’s an ultimate title gain To slay the beast which breathes in coal and spews the hottest fire But the beast, far from majestic, contains neither dark deeds nor twisted motives He is not part of his parents’ disgraceful lineage The violent overtaking and burning down precious fields and wildlife He believes it to be intolerable, unimaginable And if he could, he would change his complicated anatomy And happily breathe water, become a different animal of peace But this is a curse from a destructive dragon lineage That refuses to stop haunting a mercy-filled being