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RJ Ramey's avatar

Powerful words. The hero is the dragon awakened 🙌

Lawrence Omoregie Jr's avatar

This is a really great Liana

where have you been all my life.

Totally loved it .I enjoy the rage.

I just subbed and glad I found you. I'd like if you could check out my piece and kindly connect (Sub) back if it sticks.

I promise you'd love it.

https://lawrenceomoregiejr.substack.com/p/to-my-substack-family-561?r=3g3d4k&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Do have a great read and a lovely day As we grow together here

Liana's avatar

Thank you! I'm glad you appreciate it.

Lawrence Omoregie Jr's avatar

This is stunning and chargeful

Banished Contradictions's avatar

I love you last line, Diana.

The hero does not slay the dragon (yet another of their inverted tales). The hero is the dragon, awakened.

Liana's avatar

Most will not understand the depths of meaning here, but a few will. There's a lot implied by those lines, more than mere poetic symbolism.

Jeanne Vessantra's avatar

I like to imagine enlightenment not as calm, but as a ray: a power within us that overflows, endlessly illuminating itself.