Greengold Dragon

Placed : 10th : Premier Contest
Robert James Ligouri

way down into womb, C O L D
I traveled with Greengold Dragon
wide winged, known as GD 
dripping tears where I was to 
disembark, severing divine connection 
to know emotions Unknown 

“You chose winter to bring light to darkness”, 
GD’s words fell shimmering 
I remembered no agreement made 
she enquired ~ “When do you want to crack ?” 
a triangle with short line through axis flickered
“Four”, she whispered, then was GONE 

a b a n d o n e d, falling fast 
into a womb where I tasted  
tears to reify severance 
scales like feathers holding 
cells multiplying 
this was not  H O M E
galactic I arrived ephemeral 
another space-time to face
what I had not confronted before
~ luminous Heart of Beingness 
tears of Dragon guiding journey

this mother was tossing
rejecting embryo, knowing I was 
her crystal mirror
triggering engraved dependence 
fearing Power of Light frequencies 
sublimations would wash over 
body-mind-soul in the NOW

this father’s addictions overpowering
triggering rage
patterned in dna, ready for release 
too long encrusted as decease
                     ¥
ready was I, simmering intentions 
equalled quiet explosions 
implemented on shores of Gaia’s 
Indian Ocean, far from Dragonland
penguin waves to wash away what 
I escaped lifetime after lifetime 

feet trample tears of Greengold 
I find them on isolated beaches
where terrifying men dwelt 
find them on fields of aloe when women 
impoverished writhed then withered 
found tears in dank prison facing 
interrogators, knitting with steel 

I find her scales embracing me in hail
tears lighting shadowy wars barring 
my wings, claws and princely tail
somewhere else they flap
singing faraway lucid lullabies 

harsh is this world, brutal a mission
precision sessions at midnight fission
no hesitation 
I believed myths of those deceived
caked closed were my lids with fibs 
to sleep or weep when dragon’s 
tears were wakeful keeps

Indian Ocean waves are soothing 
liberating centuries of abandonment as 
fallacy, dissolving hope as a spaceless 
hole I disappeared into

not this time will I slip into oblivion 
ignoring whispers dissolving 
fictitious notions, low-scale emotions 
seahorses beckon from teal ocean 

together you and I gather shells 
twenty fingers lingering, design new 
patterns, walls crumbled 
we rebuild with effervescent 
D R A G ON   T E A R S
                      I found them on own 
              recognising Soul’s Voice, toned
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025


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Date: 8/27/2025 2:40:00 AM
Wonderful poem with many great metaphor layers all around. Congratulations on your winning contest placement, dear Ghairo
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Ghairo Daniels
Date: 8/27/2025 5:15:00 AM
ThkU for read, dear Sir. Yours was way ahead metaphorically. Congrats too. Don’t we all love dragons!
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