All the world's ruled by the Dragon - <br />Fiery, mad, wicked, perverse. <br />Let me praise him with a humble, <br />Daring and ironic curse: <br /> <br />You, destruction-bringer, ordered <br />The damp swamps to show your power; <br />You brought forth the trees and grasses <br />Growing into leaves and flowers. <br /> <br />All things flying, all things crawling <br />You made - though their time is brief. <br />Those aware and those ambitious <br />You doomed to the harshest life. <br /> <br />You moved and clouds started floating . . . <br />You chased winds along the land, <br />So your kisses, deadly scorching, <br />Would not sear before you planned. <br /> <br />And your orders can't be cancelled; <br />You have no mercy to bring. <br />You rule and don't hear our begging. <br />You don't love. You kill each thing.<br /><br />Fyodor Sologub<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/all-the-world-s-ruled-by-a-dragon/
