Dragons Introduction

 Here in this land, no dragons lived

But Dragons was its name

The land is filled with eidolon

or ghosts that look human

This land is not like Thule

Though Dragons never was

Back in the day when it still stood

A family should have reigned

legions died as they fought

but only suffered pain

All the past is in the sea

its sound will soothe the day

the vale that hides the eidolon

Makes Dragons just look wild

these events were not by titans

but by a single child

Read on to see just how its caused

like glass, I'll show you all

all I need from you dear one

is to put your life on pause

 

In Front of the Glass

 I've escaped from behind the glass

Though no one noticed

Like I'm just the past

I walk through the town 

That has abandoned me

I see the things 

That you cant see

I see the graveyard

There floats a ghoul

The grave is empty

Except for jewels

The grave is mine

You just can't see

What behind that glass

Did to me

A Rose in the Winter

A rose in the winter

That is what I wish to see

A rose in the winter

Is what you are to me

Standing out from the white

Rising from the snow

Your smile alone

Brings a bright glow

All that you do

Nobody knows

Just like my love

It's never disclosed

Though you may think of me

It's not as the rose

From what I see

I'm just your shadow

Third Wheel for Hire

 I'll give you the third wheel creed

I provide what you don't want

And exactly what you don't need

I provide a low-rate service

I'm with the couple for just one purpose

To make you feel super awkward

And super nervous

I'll act like your best friend

I know that some friendships never end

Now how much money can you lend

Because I won't work, but I will spend

(c) 2021 Tanner Stevenson 

The Forest

 There is a forest not far from here

Its crooked trees and briars

Wait for someone

For whom it is not clear

To some, it feels lugubrious

But to others it is salubrious

The darkness may seem dire

But to me, it only inspires

Everyone will see the forest

And each will see it differently

The forest keeps its dignity

With not a leaf to change

(c) 2021 Tanner Stevenson

 

Casual Christmas

 As I walk down this crowded road

Where the Christmas tree stands center

And glows with its bright lights

The ornaments fall off like nuclear bombs

Shattering on the floor

One for hope, another for happiness

Shatter for me, like old dreams

With the people on the street

All look at me with pity

They look down

Because I have no Christmas spirit

My insides are empty

Happy emotions have left

And the sad ones are here to stay

(c) 2019 Tanner Stevenson

I Don't Understand

 As I get locked up

And get the old common glare

The concept of shunning

Is already the definition of me

The emotion that I feel

Emptiness as some call it

Others say depression

But me I don't understand

What they call happiness

Or hopefulness

Is just another mystery

To my constant confused self

I don't understand

What it means to have a friend

My personal life sentence

For being different, has set off a signal

This signal that people see

That always happens to surround me

Is an invitation to tease

Or just blame me

Harsh punishment,

As I considered it

Has faded into ignoring of the ignorant

That's usually me

I don't understand

How people get along

Or just cling on, to the optimism

That falls from the sky

Good optimistic emotions

That flutters on the common boy's fingers

And glows inside of people

I'll never understand

(c) 2019 Tanner Stevenson