The Dragon’s Dance,

by J. W. Cassandra

The Dragon's Dance is the fourth poem of the cycle entitled "The Firestorm of Creation", from my poetry book one, entitled "Eternity Awaken to Self-Consciousness". It tells about the dragon's might, its magical power, and its duel with the fairy. It describes how he masks himself, and how he disguises himself as a fairy, and how he can master everything with raging power. His enormous passion and power are framed and mitigated by the form of the poem: his outburst of anger is restrained by the sonnet.

The fairy appears here through the dragon: it can only be seen to the extent that the dragon uses the fairy's charm in addition to its own strength to triumph over everything. Yet we can see in it a cosmic dance of one of the creative forces, which unfolds from the aforementioned duel.

The Dragon bewitches with raging power,
Draws strength from fairy charm and magic
Power: while his stunning dance
His feet, disguised as a fairy, are dancing,

The dragon's claw tears a wound in your throat,
He strikes you with his paws, while fascinating,
His flame burns to ashes, and while his eyes
Reflect a charm, through his thousand eyes

Flashes his true face, essence, core:
He consumes you, your world, with a wild temper.
Escape is hindered by the fairy spell:

You do not take control of his magical power.
With furious force, the Dragon dances his wild
Fairy dance, his power perishing: intrigue.

Written: 15 / 07. 2010, by J. W. Cassandra
Translated: 13 / 12. 2025, by J. W. Cassandra

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