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Little_Spyro
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since 2000-01-09
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San Diego, CA, USA

0 posted 2000-09-03 04:25 AM



At the starting of the day
The little girl went out to play
Followed by her friend who was
Always there, and just because.

In his hands of greenish scales
Were a shovel and two pails.
The little girl took dragon's hand
And there they frolicked in the sand.

Suddenly a force that took
Its time to toll chose then, and shook
The little girl, and then she fell.
Her friend knew then she wasn't well...

Later, at the doctor's place
There was deep anguish on her face.
Her dragon there to cheer her up,
She felt like things were looking up.

The doc and parents knew not why
Their little girl just wouldn't cry.
No one knew apparently
Her dragon no one else could see.

As time went on, the poor girl's good condition
Grew slowly and steadily into submission.
The doctor brought her mom inside,
Showed her the truth that they could not hide.

- - - - - - -

What she had without a doubt
Was eating her from inside out.
The dragon's feelings took a dive--
The cancer she could not survive.

The weeks went on, and in her bed
The dragon stroked her on the head.
She looked up, tears filled her eyes
And hugged her favorite dragon's sides.

He couldn't help but feel so sad,
Remembering good times and bad.
The little girl's plants and garden hoses;
Her neverending cache of roses...

One of these she gave to him,
Looking like a cherubim.
He cradled her in arms to send
Love
From her imaginary friend.

And as he dreamed of good times past,
The little girl had breathed her last.
He'd poured out all his love to give;
Now there was no cause to live.

The dragon opened blinds to see
The world all white and wintery.
Then he saw a single rose
Growing in the lifeless snows.

Torn apart from deep inside,
Her loving, caring dragon died.
And in that room, all dark and shaded
The imaginary dragon faded.

*

But when they searched the girl so pale
They found a single, greenish scale.


[This message has been edited by Little_Spyro (edited 09-03-2000).]

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Little_Spyro
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San Diego, CA, USA
1 posted 2000-09-03 04:28 AM


Hey everyone!

Please don't ask me why, but I felt so sad tonight...I wrote this after hearing from one of my friends that her pet lizard died, and, well...I was just in a sad mood when I wrote this...

But be assured, my little_girl is staying put right here with me, I love her too much for anything to happen to her, and God's watching over her (because He's the reason she's here).

If this puts you in a sad mood please forgive me, I just felt like sharing this with all of you for some reason.


Watching the poets
Passions' guardian dragon
Moves with the rhymes' flow.

Though my body be
Human, my heart and soul be
That of a dragon.

pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
2 posted 2000-09-03 05:21 AM


matches my mood to a tee tonight.. good piece Little_Spyro

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

kelieth
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since 2000-06-12
Posts 314
Normal IL - USA
3 posted 2000-09-03 08:52 AM


My freind, This piece is so moving and sad.  Truly a work of art.  
Moon Dust
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Posts 2177
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4 posted 2000-09-03 03:33 PM


yeah it's a lovely peom, very sad.

"Those who will not learn to use this instrument well cannot be saved by an expanded alphabet; they will only afflict us with expanded gibberish"
~

Jon Mewett
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since 2000-03-04
Posts 1304

5 posted 2000-09-03 03:47 PM


Woa spyro sadness seems to be catching on around here.......this is a fine piece of work my friend...fine indeed.

Jon

LoveBug
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6 posted 2000-09-03 05:16 PM


Wow.. this is such a sad piece, but so well-written. You are very talented, my friend. This is the first piece I've ever read in the Pub *blush!*, but if this is any indication of what I'll find here, it won't be the last!

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde
"The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief" -Shakespea

Poet deVine
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Hurricane Alley
7 posted 2000-09-03 05:17 PM


Sam! This is one of your best! Very good...
Denise
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8 posted 2000-09-03 09:47 PM


Very touching, Sam, and I agree, one of your best pieces!

Denise

SpitFire
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since 2000-04-19
Posts 2396

9 posted 2000-09-03 10:02 PM


~Hey there Little S,...what a sorrowful tale you've got here. So skillfully written. I was hooked from the very beginning of it. Take care. *Peace.
Lady Lost
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since 2000-07-13
Posts 470

10 posted 2000-09-04 09:03 AM


This is truly an amazing poem!  It certainly gave me a good cry on this foggy monday morning.....beth

"And I still believe you can never have too much fiction because reality is such a bore..."
- REA

Little_Spyro
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since 2000-01-09
Posts 659
San Diego, CA, USA
11 posted 2000-09-05 07:40 AM


Thanks everyone...I know, it's kinda sad (Jon's poem inspired me, in a way), I hope that's not a really bad thing...

Hope to see some happy faces soon though  

Little Spyro T. Dragon


Watching the poets
Passions' guardian dragon
Moves with the rhymes' flow.

Though my body be
Human, my heart and soul be
That of a dragon.

a_little_girl
Member
since 2000-05-08
Posts 307
San Alejandro, HI, USA
12 posted 2000-09-06 02:46 PM


*sniffle* *sniffle* This is incredible, Lil Spyro. This did get me to cry the first time I saw it and it did put me into a somber mood.
--The Little One

Little_Spyro
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since 2000-01-09
Posts 659
San Diego, CA, USA
13 posted 2000-09-07 09:09 AM


Awww...um...
Well, I'd have hugged you then, but I wasn't there...sigh...
Remember, those three words I always use still apply though  

-L.S.

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