A Dragon Lives Forever

"A dragon lives forever but not so little boys."

(from, Puff the Magic Dragon)

A Dragon Lives Forever

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Tale of the Serpent comes to a head,

the Id sublimed into an Ego brain;

unconscious Spirit buds a conscience,

the essence for the Soul's remembrance.

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Strange as it seems, a human being

is not the pinnacle of the climbing Tree;

it's the Animal-Spirit who breaks through,

so I must return to the wild anew.

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But getting back to nature is not easy,

the mighty Dragon of yore makes me queasy;

amoral Creature of good and evil writhes,

and devours me whole to begin the climb.

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The Gnostics say that Jesus is the Serpent,

and came to defy the Demiurge's intent;

talked Adam and Eve into digesting knowledge,

to escape the grip of the Old God of judgement.

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Thus he said to the Jews, John 8:44 reveals,

"You belong to your father, the devil, a liar."

The Old Testament God he denied and defied,

abandoned his religion to start a new life.

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"Be ye as wise as serpents," he advised,

for he knew about Hermes' rod of fire;

baptism by way of the fiery Spirit

was at the time a common sacrament.

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Atop the Tree of the "Burning Bush,"

the fire-Dragon climbs and is not consumed;

regurgitates the Star of the Pearl ashine,

Id, through Ego, to the Soul refined.

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