If I Were A Dragon (Poem)

By : DeltaTheSeaWing
As I walk through the hallways

And places I've been all my life

I think about the troubles I have each day

I can never get the lock open on my locker,

I am stuck on the ground, flightless,

I dread the day when my mother will no longer sing to me,

My grades sometimes drop,

I get called 'short',

I am all alone,

And I think without hesitation...

"If only I were a dragon"

I would soar and spin

With no worries or pains

I would be bigger and stronger

I would have people who think that I could be their friends

I wouldn't worry about grades or singing songs

"If only I were a dragon"

But I think some more

And realize something

How silly it would be to be a dragon

How would I get my locker open, with claws so long?

True I would fly, but I would miss the ground

How could I sing, with a bellowing dragon roar?

Who would want to teach the ferocious dragon?

I would no longer have the one thing that makes me special (Even if being called 'short' is wildly annoying)

And who would want to be friends with a fire-breathing creature?

So instead,

I dream, wild wild dreams about being a dragon

And besides I would miss my family,

My friends,

My life,

Why would I leave these behind

Even to have my wildest dreams

Come true