I have slain the one who bears the dragon
a saviour for a world unworthy of salvation
and they seek consolation in bearing me
to the highest peaks
someplace I should never see
yet still I am brought
to meet with one who questions how
I can fault that which is deemed
beyond decay and the powers of destruction
what secret is it that bestows me such ability
the truth be known in silence
for I am bereft of soul
there no longer resides any essence inside
I am but manifestation in mirror
only a dark tinge so black
it absolves any purity with a taint
of hellish stain all pervading
demi though not full blooded
I am neither evil nor malignant
by nature of such demonic prowess
I chose the voice that echoes
through this hollow vessel
there is no fate dragging my will
that consequence was lifted
as I came to balance
caught half this world and another
thus the angelic see me as
an unnatural blight to be lifted
a beast best discarded away
I did not ask yet the challenge was made
defending myself against a worthy adversary
and I was found greater
the other lacking
so as just reward they believe me bound
safely confined by earthly drawn sorcery
these liquid walls a mighty prison
that I could defy with ease
the intangible as real to me
as the physical
but my curiosity wells within
to meet this otherworldy sage
who possesses a text of true insight
having lasted an eternity of existence
I hope to learn much from one such
for time is aligned to no chime
I can spare a lifetime to cure any ignorance
still lingering after so long
for even though part devil
I still seek enlightenment

RKS