My First Attempt At Writing That's Vaguely Like Poetry: From A Dragon

My first attempt at writing that's vaguely like poetry: from a dragon

I am not what you think.

I walk around, awkward limbs and flighty mannerisms, and you think I’m strange. You have no idea how strange you would think I am if you only saw what was underneath.

Underneath, I am a creature of the ocean. Something that could never pass as human, and no longer wants to. Saltwater rushes through my veins in secret, silent to everyone but me. To me, it’s a roaring sound of the waves that I have never seen except for within my soul. It yearns to dissolve into the ocean like it could long ago, but for now those days are over and I am hidden underneath skin and muscle.

Underneath, there are wings; fins; antlers. They ache to tear from my back, through my skull. Nonetheless, they stay hidden for me, safe in the silence. Protected like I protected my kin in a lifetime so close to the surface and yet unreachable. Wrapped in a form that no longer coils around them like a serpent, but keeps them hidden from predators well enough I suppose.

I suppose.

I accept my form reluctantly and do what I can to make it mine. I shape it to feel better when I discover my gender, and when I can’t shape it to fit my true self I cover it in things that feel a little more like home. A little more draconic. A little more like the ocean that I never have seen, but feel homesick for anyway.

I do find joy in being in this body, at least. Out there, there are others. Angels working minimum wage, dragons sitting on a park bench, wolves buying groceries. We hide, but we do so to be free. We walk through crowds, and no one notices our scales and fur and feathers. But we do. We see each other, even if from miles away, and we see what’s underneath.

And underneath, none of us are what you think.

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*vague emotional screeching in the distance* /pos

ngl I thought the bunny was really angry and saying it angrily like they're surviving out of spite and I didn't even question it

I cannot express enough how much I cannot WAIT for top surgery because then I will be comfortable wearing skirts. The day I am comfortable wearing a skirt is the day I become fucking unstoppable.

i need to look like a man so i can dress like a woman

Was very tired today during work and I sort of started to shift whilst working, but had to keep going. So the funny idea of a large tired dragon working at a GameStop came to mind and I had to draw it.

2024 is year of the dragon which means all dragonkins get +5 on all their rolls this year just remember that