Steel
in hand, a blade is forged.
Fire refined,
cauterized
wounds.
A
dragon’s heart, bears
witness to time.
The
sun shines on the raven’s back.
My
blade
I raise
no
more a task.
Hidden
from the gleam it bears,
waste
lands wait
to produce bounties to
share.
Gently
with fire I rage,
my life a plunder
within pages I grace.
The
fall of time
will
be profound
as seven serpents
from waters found.
A
dragon’s heart
I hold inside
my
blade I forged
in the fires of life.
Rebecca Ward
Rebecca Ward is an adventurous, free-spirited woman, who after a career in Broadcast Journalism, is currently a full-time member of the Mississippi Air National Guard. After raising four children Rebecca has returned to her childhood love of creating poetry and art while engulfed in music. Rebecca’s first published poem Mysteries can be found in Bluebird Word’s October 2022 edition. Two pieces of Rebecca’s art “Salty wind”, and “The Bridge” can be found in 805 Lit+Art, and a third painting “A Dragon’s Kiss” can be found in The Sprawl Mag