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"The Dragon Within" by Deborah Soukup

SciFi/Fantasy text 17 out of 24 by Deborah Soukup

The inner demons when faced are your greatest ally

←- The Death of a Gypsy Star ~poem~ | The Essence of Soul -→

The Dragon Within

My life is bathed in shadow

It slinks around my Soul,

With glimmering opalescence

Its presence takes its toll.

It watches on with eyes of gold

Patient, ever-wise

I feel the darkness lurking

An enigma in disguise.

But as I too gain wisdom

My courage seems to grow

And though I walk in shadows wake

The darkness ebbs and flows.

I chance a glimpse of shadow

Its edges gilt in light

But the glance is fleeting

And I plunge back into night.

My life is cloaked in shadow

It lingers in my mind

Though is the dragon evil

Or is the dragon kind?

When the darkness beckons

Reach out and draw it near

For within the dragon’s shadow

Will come the strength you fear.

What once was the dragon

Now fulfils its holy goal

To balance out the light and dark

To complete the immortal Soul.

←- The Death of a Gypsy Star ~poem~ | The Essence of Soul -→

Date	Name	Comment
16 Nov 2000	Lucy Barabas	Loading... A nice variation on the poem I read before. Very strong, very sensitive.
14 Jan 2001	Rachel E Armstrong	Loading... Another good one, although I like the first one better. ^_- I thought "an enigma in disguise" was repetitive, but it has a nice ring to it.
26 Jan 2001	Luc Greven	Loading... I believe Mikhail said it best. "Do we posess the beast, or does the beast posess us?" I love it, Deborah.
8 Feb 2001	Noelle Hay	Loading... If a poem must rhyme, it should read like this one. This is very good )
18 Feb 2001	Emily Kirsch	Loading... You could do a bit of tweaking on a few of the lines and get the metre down phat... but it's wonderful how it is. I envy you for being able to write poetry like this... the imagery! The visions! -sighs.-
12 May 2001	Harpreet K. Dhandal	Loading... Ouch! What a poem! Gosh Deb, I'm soooo proud to know a poetress as fantastic as yourself! Your words come so naturally and effortessly, it seems like pure magic!
14 May 2001	Joanne R. Turner	Loading... This is written well, words flow together nicely
22 May 2001	Enchanted Maida Ivy	Loading... I think you're really good! starry eyed I do the poetry thing too, but I'm never really sure how sinsear people are (bad spelling) This is good, I can't say great, because I can tell from the words you use, and the atmosphere of the poem, you're talent extends beond this, I think it IS great, but not for you, for you just good. a few beats were off, but i think it was worth it to not have to cut out the true message. I hope you realise saying it's 'just good' gor you doesn't mean anything mean, It means you just havn't reached your peak yet, but you're doing a h311 of a great jub getting there! (sorry 'bout spelling)
4 Jun 2002	Cassandra Rivers	Loading... definitely worth the recommendation from woodworks. The message/moral is one very close to my heart and this is a wonderfully visual way to describe it. It really does weave a web of magic. Thank you for writing this. and keep facing that darkness...
26 Apr 2005	Cory Burlingham	Loading... Very nice poem its just awsome. i wish i could go on and on about it but im in school and gata go