Past the trees
Over the grass
Enter the cave
Of dragons' past
Little one, why won't you hatch for me?
Your brothers are waiting
Waiting for you to shake
Waiting for you to rattle
Waiting for your egg to break
Little one, I'm waiting for you to hatch for me.
For those who weren't free
Those that I did lay
My child, your time is almost up
It's the chosen day
Little one, I beg you to hatch for me...
I can smell them coming
I can see his scales against the sky
You didn't hatch, so they'll take you
My daughter... I don't understand why.
Little one, your last chance to hatch for me.
Your father tries to comfort me
But I won't look him in the eye
His rider took away your egg
And I broke down to cry
Little one, why wouldn't you hatch for me?
...Days have passed
Your brothers have grown
But I still look to the sky
Hoping to see the again the daughter of my own
Little one, I still don't know, why wouldn't you hatch for me?
Years gone past, the world grows dark
Now we fight to live
So many have fallen, we dragons are dieing
We don't have much left to give.
Little one, was this why you didn't hatch for me?
My blood drains, for I am spent
Broken shells lie all around
My last breath comes, I'll die too
Blood is mixing across the ground
My Saphira... I'm glad you didn't hatch for me.
The song Vervada sang to Saphira, from the daughter's birth to the mother's death.
An extract from my story, Gedwey Awlei.
-Fallen Dragonfly-