Who calls the thundering beasts from the shadows?

Who raises their heads from their slumber?

Who shakes the Earth with their screams?

Once upon a summer morning,

I told you dragons exist.

You blew me off like a

Dust speck.

Something's burning deep inside

A flame forgotten by time

Hidden under the folds of the Earth.

Because dragons are the stuff of dreams

But someone raises the flocks of birds from the trees

Someone makes spots of warmth for you

When the rooms are cold

Something starts the fires

And flies overhead,

The overhead shadow passing before you see it.

Who do you think lives in the periphery?

The edges of your vision

That only I can see.

Once upon a summer morning,

I told you dragons exist.

And you blew me off like a

Dust speck

Until the wings erupted from my back

And the talons grew from my hands

My eyes snapped to you and you fell down

Numb.

The Earth shook under my feet,

My shrieks tore a hole in your heart

The flames I created burned into your memories

Forever,

Echoing through your head

Like your rejection did mine.

You tossed me into the flames

And I came back controlling the fire.

Don't scream and run

When your own creation rears its head towards

You.

Once upon a summer morning,

I told you I could fly.

And you didn't believe me

Until I flew

Away

.

~October

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I meant for this to be something bittersweet about childhood when I started it...instead it turned out slightly horrific. Don't know whether I'm amused or confused. Probably both. 

Hope you liked it! :)