Fire-Flight
©2002 Gregg Jacobus

In the legends of old they tell
Of a time before man when death
In the form of a beast from hell
Could kill with a blast of it's breath

Aged, timeless creature of myth
Conceived in the infernal flame
Born from the cavernous abyss
Time has come round to lay his claim

Parchment wings unfurl from his breast
Stretching upwards ever so high
He turns his head towards the west
And launches himself towards the sky

Soaring high above all the land
Absorbing all that which he sees
Scorching the earth into black sand
Piles of ash where once stood trees

Earth now reshaped to his ideal
He can soon return to his sleep
To his lair where dreams become real
To the peace of his stone keep