I saw a dragon
On an ordinary winter morning
While walking the dog
Snow crunching beneath my moccasins
I saw a dragon
Sleep still blurring my vision
Breath curling into
Serpents of November mist
A glorious red dragon
Streaking across the sky
Long tail of light
Streaming behind
A banner of destiny
A dragon!
I stood, transfixed
Conversing with probability
Until I released to wonder
Too awe-struck to wish upon
Or rationalize away
This momentous magic
Meteor portent
Blazing before me
For an instant elevating
Me beyond my gnome Christmas pyjamas
And all the mundane holdings
Of an ordinary life
The world reconfigured
Within the dark, chilled starlight
To the bright roar
Of a dragon’s call.