7Claimer: well. I won't say the character is mine. But the arrangement of words is ^_^
Inspired by Emberyle's story "Ricochet". My first impressions on the dragon-character and the surroundings and such with the first couple of paragraphs. Read the fic! First posting!
Dragon in the Forest
Rain leaps in frightened shivers
Slide and slither off a back of scales
He is unperturbed and watches
The sky fall into pieces
While he waits to gather the shards
Eyes red like the passing
Of a one too many hours
Spent in idle solitude
The friendless and the lonely
Claws pierce
The ground beneath
They could be cruel if he had wanted
He wanders through these woods at night
Looking for a reason
Looking for a wish to make
Elusive silver and fox-like smoke
Careful watch, he's here to find
Even if he's lost in searching.
His scales are black and glitter
Like onyx on the edge of knives
Frightens others but he lives
With the memory of an outcast
One whom the others shun
Content in their brighter colors
To forget the shadow that lingers
By day within their midst.
Flash and shiver
Echoes silver
He won't be going home tonight.
Whisper thunder
Howling winds
A rustle in the bush
He won't be going home tonight.
A/N: eek! I'm actually kind of nervous about this…so afraid to disappoint! I think this came out a little darker than I originally intended, and probably a little darker than the story intended too…but here it is…review and tell me what you think? ^_^;
Oh, and don't forget to go and read Emberlye's "Ricochet"…if for nothing else, to read the first few paragraphs and then tell me that I totally screwed up my poetic interpretation ^_^.