The Dragon Sleeps

The dragon sleeps...

the dragon is black

curled up in my stomach

its name is Fear

or Death

or Anguish

at the abyss to

mindless nothingness

think out the thought of non-being

imagine uttermost emptiness

the transition from being to non-existence

for you

you will never have been

...it only sleeps

First published April 1988

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