Danielle N. Calhoun

THE KNIGHT AND THE DRAGON

Fire-breathing dragon,
Very last of its kind,
Came upon a village,
Looking for someone wise.

Honesty and virtue,
This dragon knew and told,
But the people in the village,
Did not virtue hold.

They drove away the dragon,
His love and trust betrayed;
Till a Knight had come upon him,
Very near his grave.

This Knight was very young,
Honesty and Virtue did he hold,
This Knight beheld the dragon,
A new friendship evolved.

Days, months, weeks, years had passed,
Their friendship and caring,
Oh how it lasted.

The Dragon taught the Knight a code,
A code of virtue between a Dragon,
And its friend.

This Knight of Virtue
Learned the code and spoke the words –
Taught them to many others.

Only those whose hearts are pure,
Remember the lines and the words.

Though the code,
Is long since gone,
The words no longer spoken,
There are those,
Who still believe,
In the friendship,
Between this Knight,
And this Dragon.