Wondering

a cave opens before us, we follow it

down, down, its curved path lighted with red candles

like a corkscrew going deeper into the earth

beckoning to a place of sparkling diamonds

and treasures of wisdom from the creations

that have kept the earth on a gentle roll

for aeons, era after era, since time began

and we reach out as we hear them

going deeper into the reality few can see

and fewer get to touch but we follow

the lighted path to see what we will find

the spiral becomes steeper and tighter

and soon there is a light, brighter, hotter,

that reveals itself as we round the final bend

where the blue dragon, lavished in gemstones,

sequin scales and pearls to define her worth

she bids us come in and sit beside her

she tells of the ravaging of her kind

she tells the wisdom of the world is lost

in skyscrapers and flying drones and

long-forgotten stories from all the lands

and she weeps, wondering if we will

listen and learn and share the Truth