I once met a female, Arcturus.
A pilgrim from Earth – just a tourist.
She rode in on a luminous cloud
with a bellowing Roar. It was Loud.
I watched as she sailed the Milky Way.
A river of stars beneath her lay.
Flapping her wings, she stopped in midflight.
She bowed to Chiron ~ Hero of Night.
Mercury, most favored by the Sun,
was doing the quick step - having fun.
Rising to every occasion ~
just part of a greater equation.
I saw her wander like a gypsy
tilting right and left ~ was she tipsy?
Gazing at the moon, she whet her lips.
Nectar of the gods! She soars then dips.
She landed on the Moon and smiled.
Ode to Joy! Suddenly beguiled.
Beethoven play on! She closed her eyes ~
her wings conducting, I heard her sighs.
She walked to that Sea ~ Tranquility.
Stopped short, a look of futility.
“I’m thirsty but where is the water?”
“They tricked me. Oh, why even bother!”
But after a long moment or two
she breathed in such an Indigo Blue.
As Jupiter and Venus burned Bright
I heard her whisper: “Oh Divine Night!”
I saw the female breathe out fire ~
a dragon’s quenching of desire.
What a sound ~ fierce flapping of those wings!
Upward Onward to sweet Saturn’s rings!
Hauntingly lovely music she heard.
Hot tears streaming, she spoke not a word.
The dragon’s heart leaped into her throat.
“Mon Dieu”, she thought, embracing each note.
The music became an Indigo Blue.
“Shades of Debussy ~ oh ~ what a hue!”
Mars could be heard preparing for war ~
contrasting Universe - to its core!
Coldest, wind-sweeping swirley ice world
Her most surreal senses unfurled.
I heard her Wheeeeee resounding through space.
Echo of life’s sheer, pristine grace.
She skated around that glistening ice.
She danced, she twirled and ~ Oh ~ what a sight!
Her face was aglow with such rapture
that no artist’s canvas could capture.
A dragon romancing Saturn’s rings.
Sky diamonds keep watch and Titan sings.
Sweet Saturn afloat in his glory
will never forget their Love Story.
How soft, how lovely ~ that cool, pale blue
Uranus and Neptune ~ morning sky view.
Like starry soul brothers in the night ~
a dragon’s feast ~ breathtaking delight.
Farther than dragon eyes could see
she thought of poor Pluto’s misery.
To many minds, just a castaway
“Cheer up, mon cher, you may have your day.”
Though ice and rock your composition
a stunning comet your transition.
A glorious force hurling through space
a Light god showing his Misty face.
The female held a look in her eyes
not even a dragon could disguise.
“I’m so lonely. Oh, how I miss Earth
Home of my Heart, Deep Space of my birth.”
And so Arcturus began her flight
sailing through darkness, touching the light.
The Silence at times was so eerie.
Dark matter consumed her. “I’m weary.”
The she dragon stopped and stared in awe.
Could words describe what this being saw?
A beautiful World which We All share.
Can you imagine? Are you aware?
Earth, veiled in twilight, circling around.
The female touched down and kissed the ground.
Later, she thought of that starry dome.
Curled up in her cave, she murmured “Home”.