In Flight – A ‘Dream Zine’ Poem

(Today's piece is a short poem by guest contributor Thais Angelica Tavares Lopes. Thais Angelica is my oldest daughter. Her varied background encompasses a range of subjects, including art instruction, drawing, sewing, dress designing, convention-hopping, and creative writing.)

Massive wings like

thick umbrellas,

heaving,

pounding,

lit by dusk.

Muscles dance rhythmically

under sleek, scarlet scales,

as if listening to a barely

audible beat by the Muses.

Mysterious, hulking power

pulsates opulent pleasures

through the air.

Morose, clear eyes track every motion,

foreseeing all and

welcoming their fate.

Majestic ivories gleam and glint

like royal gems,

unchanged by centuries

of constant use.

Monsters of firmament;

such are dragons.

Making their way through the mundane,

like a stealthy caravan of kings,

basking in the glory of their ways.

Magnificent in their flight,

all beware their might!