The Dragon Awakens
The Dragon Awakens
Her anger lies dormant under the surface of her fluidity of water
Like the dragon laying its head in its cave
When a pebble disturbs the surface of the water,
She stirs.
Pebble after pebble, the water starts creating ripples
Until waves are formed.
Her anger rumbles from its slumber
As the dragon stirs and feels the agitation of being unceremoniously awakened
Another pebble
Then a rock
Then a boulder
The water tries to keep calm by shape shifting
Adapting
Accommodating
She is fluid
Compassionate
Loving
But her anger - the fire is being stoked
As her boundaries get tested and tried
Her water is keeping the peace
Crying wells of tears.
It is not enough
To keep her fire extinguished.
Eventually, her anger ruptures into a fireball
The dragon stands fully - chest facing the disguised intruder
She stares at the rocks around her
Her heckles stand straight
Wings outstretched
Fire is breathed out!
From her nostrils
Her wings
Her tail
Her eyes ablaze
Red. Hot. Fire.
Burning everything around her
Burning the tests of her boundaries
Burning the confusion
Burning her personal doubts
Burning her fears of rejection
Burning her pain
Burning a ring of fire all around her
Until the entire forest is alight
With her burning anger
Her Fire.
That was never extinguished.
She collapses
From her exhaustion of her untamed, rising fire
And she cries
Her tears, turning into rivers
Filling the valleys where the fire burned
Then there was light
Plain white light
For the first time
She sees clarity
Everything is still
She sees the test of boundaries for what they are
Realising she ignored her own boundaries
For fear of rejection
For fear of stepping on eggshells
For fear of losing love
She’d shape-shifted
And shifted too far
Losing herself in the process
She lost trust in the other
But in fact,
She lost trust in herself
This was the pain that lived inside her for days.
She didn’t trust her intuition
She didn’t trust her feelings in the moment
Only to catch up with her later.
She brings compassion to herself
And soothes her battle scars
She brings love to her pain
She kisses them gently, lovingly
Like she would with her best friend
And sees her wisdom in her growth
Of bringing awareness to her actions
Earlier than she’d done before.
The Dragon Awakens
