THE DRAGON

I looked the dragon in the eye.
He stopped his roar and said goodbye.
When he was gone I said, with a sigh,
"I faced my dragon and didn't die."

And I realized my greatest reward,
was that I didn't even need my sword.

I guess I must not take too much pride,
that the sword remained at my side.
What caused him to leave was not my stare.
He only left because God was there.

Copyright 1997 Steve Sauter
3/18/97