[The Ornery One]

Here's one I wrote a few years ago, in school. Seemed appropriate for this crowd.
SHAPE SHIFTER

Wonderful; majestic;
Glorious; alluring.
Not like a chameleon
Whose color only changes
Into shades of green and brown.
Instead changing into
Several different things
Such as a creature of multiple colors
And feathers spread in proud salute,
Or scales as a hard protection
Against the things that would harm.
A mythical monster of horrifying grandeur
With leathery wings and baleful stare
An animal of surpassing beauty
And breath of sizzling flame.
Something covered in thick fur
For surviving chill winds and hard storms
Slick and legless for hiding under stones
From cruel and burning sunlight.
Instead of being what others desire
Fulfilling dreams they decided;
If I were a shape shifter
I would be what I wish to be.
by, Teresa Dixon

EDIT: Tried to fix the tab spaces. Didn't work. [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

[ 09-27-2002, 10:22 PM: Message edited by: The Ornery One ]