HERE THERE DRAGONS BE---- Donald P. Harris

HERE THERE DRAGONS BE

In tortured lands, where cowards cry
And fall along the road to die
A man must live the way of right
Pure and chaste, with Godly might

For lesser men will live not long
But in a wisp of smoke, be gone
For lesser men do not but cower
When they contend with dragon power

Then what will be of maidens fair
If heroes die in dragon's lair?
And where will all the children play
If thundering wings chase them away?

Here the dragons rule the sky
And search the earth with evil eye
To foist upon the sons of man
Their vile intent and wicked plan

Then, in their reptilian glee
Into their earthen holes they flee
With naught of guilt or recompense
To eat their captive audience

In such a land, where man doth roam
And plow the earth to make a home
It takes a man of Godly faith
Who fights with supernatural strength

Whose armor 'gainst each foe defends
Whose shield each arrow's fall portends
A man who'll spit at evil's taint
Who'll not back down, nor weary, faint

A man who's steed will battle brave
And hold his foot in deepest cave
He’ll never for his life take care
And run not from the dragon's stare

Such man, who's deemed a Saintly Knight
Would storm the dark to bring the light
He'll not retreat from scorching flame
But quench the fire in God's Own Name

Of such a man the bards will sing
A man of fate who would be king
If such a man your mirror sees
Then come, for Here There Dragons Be

-- Donald P. Harris