The Dragon Breathes

"The Dragon  Breathes   

A tranquil stream flows way below.
A crack in mountain rock succumb.
The samurai has set its time, its work is  done. 
A pebble stone moved,
A rock has  rolled.

A dragon wakes from hibernate,
A  puff of  smoke to mushroom choke .
The peasants scream, the dragon  breathes,
It  feeds on all  surrounds at will 

As  tongues  of  fire  leap  the  air,
molten rock leaves  streets despair.
Lest pebble stone shift, has scorned the rift.
To wake the dragon from its  lair
Those who  scoffed this devil’s deed,
Ancestors legend now concede.

©Copyright  M..A. Bell (alfi – m.za)(2014)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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