by: Terri
a knight rode into the mists of what would certainly be his doom..... his mind held the memories of the madien he left behind.... he smiled as he looked down at the single lily he carried with him, a gift from her..... to tie her memory to him... he sighed and pondered why his luck had turned against him... he was to wed his fair madien and yet he must hunt the wretched beast that tormented the kingdom.... he rode in scilence to the demon's home... all the while keeping her image fixed in his mind.... he must live for her...
as he approched the mouth of the monster's cave he heard it stiring within... just as he made to dismount his horse he saw it's eyes watching him from the darkness... he stood by the frightened animal.... he could feel it shivering beside him... then from the darkness the monster imerged... looming over him, looking down upon him as if curious...
the knight looked up into the dragon's face and for a while they just stared at one another.... the knight came to see fear in it's eyes... he knew it just wished to live as he himself did...
life...
"life is all we wish of each other, dragon" whispered the knight gently...
he took in the beautiful blue beast before him... icey blue scales as smooth as silk... shineing in the sunlight... a kind, gentle look in its eyes...
"yes, dragon, life is all.... i wish it of you and you of me..."
the beautiful beast lowered its graceful head to the knight's eye level.. he placed a hand upon the smooth icy blue scales... and the dragon closed its eyes...
it waited in peace for the knight to choose its fate....
he sighed and took down his hand...
he reached for his sword...
but, as he did his hand brushed against the lily given to him by his love...
the dragon opened its eyes.... readying itself...for what was to come...
the knight walked up to the dragon's still lowered head...
a look of pure determination in his eyes...
dragon's eyes closed...
it layed its head onto the ground...
it heard the sword hit the ground...
but, it felt no pain...
it opened its eyes and saw the knight rideing off from where he came...
and on the ground before its head layed the sword gleaming in the sun....
with one single lily carefuly, gentley placed upon it...
By:Terri
looking back..... all i've done..where i've been..... a tear falls down my face.... my father went to wal-mart with us that night, he had told us that he didn't feel well..... we just thought it was lack of sleep..... he walked unsteadily, like a drunken man.......tears fall..... how could i have had the nerve to be embarassed......how? he had to sit down while my mother, sister, and i checked out of the store..... a friend who happened to be there had to help my father into the van...... more tears fall, if i only knew then what i know now....... i would have told him every minute of every day how much i love him..... but, i didn't......a tear falls.... it's been four years and i can still recall that hospital room.... i still see him covered in tubes and IV's.... his hair so white... he looked so old... he couldn't move.... he couldn't hear.... he couldn't feel.... he could only move his eyes up and down..... i remember the time his eyes locked on me.... a tear falls down my face as i bring back to mind how his eyes watered when he saw me, his first born daughter.... i was standing there when he couldn't... i was hearing his raspy intakes of breath, when he couldn't hear at all.... i remember standing there, trying to stay strong, thinking to myself 'this withered old man can't be my father, he can't be...' ..... another tear falls.... i wrote on a paper 'I LOVE YOU'..... but i'll never know if he understood it... never... tears fall freely.... after my father passed on my mother, sister, and i moved south... we could start over....i made new friends... and for the first time ever had a boyfriend who actually loved me for me.... but we couldn't find a home of our own...and liveing with an uncle of mine wasn't going so well..... we had to leave.... we had to leave one of the few places i ever felt that i belonged.... no one made fun of me.... they saw me for who i was.... tears fell when we left, and they still fall..... my best friend and i kept in touch.... my boyfriend couldn't stand the distance.... tears fell as he told me it just wouldn't work..... tears always fell as i told that same best friend over the phone how much i still loved him and how much i missed him.... he called almost every day, but he was only a friend...... then my best friend ended up liking him.... tears fell as i had to put the clues together myself that she did, in fact, like him... i had asked her time and time again if she liked him... she had said no...... in her eyes she was protecting me..... but not telling me herself hurt me far worse.... my ex, my best friend, and i are no longer talking..... tears fell as i realized that i've pushed a lot of people away... and this time it was the people that i always felt safe with..... that i could always run to... that i could call at any time when i needed a shoulder to cry on.... tears fall as i realize that two of the few people i needed the most are gone...... when i need them the most.... tears fall.... our roof leaks, we have to sue the previous owners and we HAVE to WIN just so that we can pay the lawyer.... we're so in debt that in order to pay our house, heat, and light bills.... we're not supossed to eat, have tv, go any where, or do anything....... tears fall as i call out scilent pleas for my father to come back..... pleas for all of this mess to just go away..... i never told my father i loved him.... i just have to pray he knows.....i had to leave the only place i felt i ever belonged.... i'm not speaking to the only people that could make me believe it will all work out in the end..... and i'm not speaking to them because part of me still believes that at the least i'm owed an 'i'm sorry'...... if i could go back in time i would....a tear falls every day for all of the mistakes i've made and for all the things that i wished i had control over.....if i could just right some of this madness......
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