He slayed the dragon, the sun shone he wiped the blood from the sword and went on his way.
For her that wasn’t the end of the story though.
She cooked him fried eggs for breakfast, ironed his shirts, darned his socks, plumped his pillows and waited for the debt to be done.
Paid in full – but it never was. She began to wish she had eloped with the dragon or that at the very least the dragon’s breath had scared away her knight in shining armour.
She began to wish she had reclaimed the night without her knight.
She began to wonder what dragon children would have looked like.
Perhaps she already knew-with their curly locks and their churlish charm and the devil may care attitude they had clearly inherited from their father not to mention their charming eyes of blue.
And all he had had to do – was slay the dragon.
©Alison Jean Hankinson
I am submitting this for d’verse Open link night.
The link below will take you to a lovely dragon, created by the very talented Soju Shots-Evan Heasman fromWhangarei.
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Such is the fate of women – always thinking, always looking inward. I like the thoughts of dragon children.
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mischievous little urchins they would be.. XXX
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This dragon must have been golden or white, capable of shape-shifting and human procreation; such is the stuff of fairy tales. See the remake of PETE’S DRAGON, another sweetheart. As to the knight, quick with his sword and his small arm, he, too must bear the burden of tradition–always more dragons to slay and maidens to bed.
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See you make it a great story. Perhaps it needed a bugle in there. Xx
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This is absolutely riveting! I literally had a dreamy expression after reading it ❤️
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This is an interesting and imaginative write. For me, she was always waiting for things to happen, and is filled with regrets.
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Nice ending. I like the description of dragon children as those with blue eyes.
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I like the way the poem quick starts with the dragon already in action and then the woman’s wandering, whimsical thoughts.
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I love the thought of what the dragon children might have looked… but I fear she would get blistered when breastfeeding
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Hahahaha! Nice! I like how her mind wanders to having dragon children.
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