Will then he be gentle enough, firm enough?
The dragon moves his head with the minutest of motions,
gently puffing his warming breath over the kittens fur.

Vermitrax. Those who warneth of my name do no wrong
for i am fierce an´ old a serpent an´ my ways, are they Set
as they be wise.

So ´tis that the coiled old one comes to quarry, so ´tis that
he wonders of the wonder, that he might be honored to warm
the warming one and Set aflame the very symbol of Sol.

Will the emperor in the palace of jade approve?
Will love ablaze silently beget an egg, a winged egg
girted with a serpent?

´tis enough that i be gentle, ´tis enough that i be firm.


To my Pomba Gira.

Written for my fiancé born in the year of the Cat. I am born in the year of the Dragon.