I counted my scales
Irreducible creature
I was compounded
The dragon within
flew most immense distances
between sleep and wake
Iridescent wings,
chest multiplying colours
like serpent ablaze
A tail to tell tales
engorged with the wings’ passion
I slithered back home
Reading of the poem:
The beast in me walked for a death to instill19 April 2022
Courtesy Stefan Gesell
I walked once between daze and swoon
My hands at my sides my head in the moon
I bore in my insides a wild creature to come
A waif turning beast at the beat of the drum
I walked into winters that paved summers’ way
Like the trees that blossomed amidst rustling hay
I walked into nights darker than dying coal
I clasped coming suns like a deer her foal
Then I said come now beast would you spill
The gory insides of your ever recent kill?
The beast made no sound but shook its head
It bore no closeness to the recent dead
The beast in me walked for a death to instill
As I watched it leaving from my window sill
Inside I clutched the most fleeting remains
The beast had wiped me clean of its putrid stains
Reading of the poem:
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