Elegant Reptile

• Yesmi Malsha Marasinghe, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2008

Enormous red eyes, big yellow toes,
Very dangerous if you come up close,
Unlike other creatures I’m valiant and brave, mainly because I live
In a dark mystifying cave,
I am a mean green,
Fire breathing machine,
A knight may be tough,
But not strong enough to beat me,
Elegant as can be, busy as a bee,
I’m tough as nails and strong as can be
No one will dare face me,
But my mind is empty as my cave,
I’m a dragon mean and green,
But I’m not always an aggressive machine.