Lylyth A Pernese Poem Poem by Gabrielle Ciarann Roniyah Baer

Lylyth

the shell cracked,
the creature within cried,
its jeweled eyes gleamed
and
something tugged at my heart
something I never expected
something I never felt before
yes, the new born sent out his ravenous hunger
but deeper than that
an almost frightening need
to be touched, to be loved
and to connect.

I ran to the broken shell
tp the bronzely gleaming dragonet
sharing
suddenly his desperatation,
to be touched, to be fed, to be filled

Shreds of meat healed his first trauma
but not that need
and I've heard newly delivered mothers claim
their effort left them
terribly hungry
Now I realized, being born is hard work, too.

His need went on,
the little creature's searching
never stopped
until I touched him.

Yes! then he cried out within my mind
You are G'vral!
I am Lylyth
all the dark shell-time
I waited you
you are lifemate, G'vral
When I am grown
together we will touch the sky!

But for now,
I have worked so hard today
is there no more food?

I laughed, more meat there was,
in plenty
and more love in my heart for this
small being
than I ever knew
His need,
I saw,
was no less than my own,
only he was aware beforehand
and I was not.
So much wisdom in a creature newborn

Lylyth knew I was as hungry as he
to be touched,
to be known,
to be loved and
to connect.

Strange,
to feel fulfilled of a need
I didn't know I had.
to find there was an empty place
in me
only when it was filled
to know I was waiting, searching too

Yes, Lylyth, I am your lifemate, G'vral
And when we both grow to the task
together
we will touch the sky!

(written in 1996)