Poetry: Is It Time?

‘Uncurls tail from snout / Opens one eye…’

Quick note:

Since I don’t imagine Medium’s audio option will cope too well with Welsh, I apologise for the mess it’s probably going to make with the pronunciation of the one or two Welsh words I’ve used in this poem.

Y Ddraig means The Dragon in Welsh (it’s also the symbol of Wales.) You can check out a relatively-good pronunciation here if that’s something you’re interested in.

Graphic: author’s own, made with Canva

Uncurls tail from snout
Opens one eye
A low grumble, deep in the core
Is it time?

Keeps wings furled
Contains heart’s flames.
Not yet.
Rest.
Heal.
Yearn.

Y ddraig slumbers
Lighter than before.
Light enough
To wake if called
When they are ready
Ddraig will roar

Cee R.

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Originally published on Twitter (yes, I somehow managed to fit this in one Tweet #MicropoetryLegend,) and collected in a micropoetry wrap-up post on my blog, Dora Reads