Danri's Lament

	I came into another world
	And found myself fair changed.
	Believing things that can't be believed,
	Seeing that which no one has seen,
	Living and breathing within a dream--
	Perhaps I am deranged.

	Borne on the back of a great blue dragon
	Into a vortex of light.
	Carried to a world that's new,
	Where my friends are very few;
	They say there's something I must do--
	I have to learn to fight.

	The responsibility for their freedom--
	All this they place on me.
	Now I must use my strength and will,
	And swallow duty like a bitter pill;
	They day will come, but not until
	I've become what I must be.

	So I think deep, depressing thoughts
	As I walk down the hall.
	Nothing is going according to plan,
	And it's all about to hit the fan--
	But still, I will do all I can
	To prevent the dragons' fall.
					---Amanda M. Hayes