her nose breaks the surface of the
clouds displacing the hanging
fluff of mist to coalesce upon her

higher and higher she rose the sun
playing against the side of heck
in a dazzling array of colors

her eyes gleamed like gemstones as
she soared in a playful swoop
tagging every cumulus in sight

feathery wings alight on invisible
thermals flying by instinct going
against the laws of lesser gravity

a crooked grin exposing daggerlike
fangs releasing a great of flame
from the embers within

the fiercesome dragon with angel
wings, the queen of light and air,
mistress of all she purveyed