I am a Dragon

I am dragon.
Not one that breathes fire but lives in the sea.
Cool and green, like an emerald island,
With secrets lost in the shadows of his heart,
Never to be shared.

I am lion.

So wary and calm, but not to be feared.

Shining in darkness, awaiting my voice,

Into the stars do I search for my soul,

Never to be known.

I am dreamer.

Open and quiet, I seek my beginning.

As far as the heavens, I wander by choice,

Striving to make all creation my art,

Never to have end.

I am dragon, who travels the ocean.

I am lion, with no need for motion.

I am dreamer, caught by the sky.

And all I ask is to understand why.

(April is National Poetry Month)
[edited 4/4/12]