On Dragon's Wings
A Loose Ballad
On dragon’s wings of good intentions,
she flies to save the moon.
Hurtling through stars and constellations,
focused on her heart-felt vision.
***
The steady North Star, radiant and bright,
glints off her shimmering scales.
While traveling at the speed of light,
she streaks past Orion’s belt.
***
On her starlit path of brilliance,
guided by the Milky Way,
thrown tangent by resistance
she reached the destination.
***
In awe to find, to her surprise,
sitting on shaded stone,
an old man singing lullabies
of shame and desperation.
***
And now she understood.
Her flight unnecessary to pursue,
the moon did not desire to be saved,
it just wanted to be blue.
***
She enjoyed the pointed sojourn despite,
and learned a lot along the way.
Thank you for reading!
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KJ Aartila
A writer of words in northern WI with a small family and a large menagerie.
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Comments (7)
I missed this one, but it is a lovely poem and at least you will hopefully get a read from me
This is lovely!
Really liked this article
just lovely. I am sighing
Great piece. I loved this line "the moon did not desire to be saved, it just wanted to be blue."
Awesome! Left a heart.
Fabulous!!! Left some love💖💕