The Dragon

Like a moth to a flame she was drawn

    It swirled and mesmerized

    Whispering sweetest lies

It gave her new life til the dawn

It was a dragon she needed to chase

    It beckoned calling her name

    Promising glory and fame

A puff, a pill, sorrow erased

The dragon would fly out of reach

    Her body would break

    Her soul would quake

She needed a bite of it's rotted peach

It chased the laugh from her eyes

    She couldn't smile

    Not for a while

The dragon just ignored her cries

Desperation drove her to chase

    She wanted that nectar

    Tho it meant disaster

Her family she couldn't face

A boy thin as willow, head on her pillow

    Blue eyes that stared

    She wasn't scared

He tossed up the sheet, made it billow

The dragon ruled over their love

    Often evasive

    Changing it's faces

Even then, her boy fit like a glove

He held her as that dragon stalked

    She trembled and shook

    Poison flowed like a brook

With the dragon she walked

Knock on door brought what she's looking for

    With swirling smoke

    And one more toke

Fever broke but her body was sore

The dragon ruled all that she was

    Her boy grew weary

    Her life dreary

He tired of chasing her buzz

Boy with blue eyes held her and cried

    Implored her fight

    Make things right

But the dragon kept her hands tied

Boy left her alone, outside the sun shone

    She dropped to her knees

    Begged someone please

But no one would pick up the phone.