The Sleeper

What does the sleeper dream about?

i. in her world of

Briar and roses

Tangled and twisted

Yet still perfumed

she sleeps

ii. She dreams of armor

shining brightly

and she clips on

a sword

iii. the dragon in her dreams

whispers of gold,

and her heart longs

for the shimmer of diamonds

her mouth opens

and fire pours out

iv. She sneaks into the dragon lair

Searching for her wedding ring,

stolen,

and her sword flashes

in the light

v. She flicks open her wings

feathered, sleek

and she

flies

vi. She explores the world,

on foot, slowly, ponderously

every flower noticed

following the feathers

vii. She lives in the forest

Her feathers faded, falling

Given freely

she protects the forest

vii. She is hated

though she only loves

invitation lost or never sent

her gift does not seem kind

even if it is

it will never be realized

except by herself

xi. She wakes, 

and sighs, and wishes to

sleep again

live again a thousand

fragmented lives

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I should really be working on Nano... *sighs* Anyhoot, hope you enjoy the poem. @Air, yes I did kind of switch it up, and I'll edit it better later, but right now I'm low key panicking because I haven't written anything today. If I do end up procrasinating and writing more poetry any time soon, I'll post it on here.