
And so she set a dragon/on the red brick ledge/guarding an oddly placed/bathroom window/staring onto the balcony/in the long nights/he stood for protection/the long painful sleepless nights/were surrounded and claimed in all four directions/her life was sealed long ago/and the small fierce dragon/someone gave her/for company/she forgot he was there/until the accident/from her place on the floor/through many suffering hours/ little fierce guardian/whispered like this/like this we are brave/and she knew/and she smiled/patiently endured/until morning