Donna and the Dragon
I watch
as you seek the breathing dragon
with a heart of love.
Loneliness drives your images
While your heart craves connection.
You pass
letters of lonliness
to the universe
hoping for mercy.
You lost
yourself
somewhere in an ideal
that never was.
I feel
your desire
for a relationship
that would provide you
with your wishes,
as you have come
to know them.
I think
you hope for more
to be added.
Something unknown to you
but good.
The anklet
which identifies you.
The bracelets
which commit you.
And the collar of devotion
to which you aspire.
A mantle
placed upon your shoulders
signifying you are loved and watched over
and bound to a duty
contracted by your heart.
You approach
in trepidation,
seeking the strength
which demands you
To which you weaken every time
relishing your surrender.
Your heart hopes
in every known way
to live this love.
And your celebration
of womanhood
is completed in this.
There will be times
the demand will make you cry.
Sometimes from pain,
sometimes from joy.
You are more than willing
to pay the cost
You desire to do it.
You need it.
But you see,
you can only imagine
what is across the river of trials.
You don't have the courage to cross.
You don't write the invitation
to cause a man to come.
Instead you interrogate your love.
What is there in your mind
that is deliberate?
Will it acquire
what your heart desires?
How would you know?
You are lost.
Lost people seek desperate remedies.
We should all have the good sense
to reach out to the one who loves us
Instead,
you wander in circles,
discontent,
in your lonliness
and too scared to act
like a big girl.
Copyright © Black Hawk | Year Posted 2005
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