The Red Dragon

from Dreaming Blue by Mare Berger

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My boat crashes into a rocky bend
I swim in dark cold water
trying to reach him again

Prickly Swamp Rose scrapes my arm
My body aches, but I'm becharmed

The water is too murky
I use my magic light to see

High waves, wind, and night
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight

An angler fish finds me, tries to keep me underwater
I lose my breath, but escape his grip,
to travel onward

High waves, wind, and night
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight
All my life I've only known a love for which I fight

Something grabs my leg again
the claw of a red scaly dragon
her voice in deep tremolo
If you answer my riddle, then you can go:

If you love someone who doesn't love you,
what kind of love is that, true?
If you use all your magic to get to his shore,
is that what your gift is for?
If you didn't have to fight,
how could you use your light?

I have nothing to say, the dragon sends me back
the other way

Low waves, still and dim
I have never known this ease of swimming with the wind
I have never known this ease of swimming with the wind

Here I am on warm sand
resting in the sunlight
not in waves, faraway
I have more strength, so here, I'll remain

The magic light I used for him
I turn back to my own self
warms my belly
feel almost free

In time, I'll know him as only

the one who brought me back to me
the one who brought me back to me

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from Dreaming Blue, released October 20, 2023
featuring: Mare Berger, piano/voice
Rachel Gawell Burns, cello
Andrew Sheron, mandolin
Shayna Dulberger, upright bass

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