Soaring, flying, tossing, turning,

Dipping, diving, whirling, twirling, yearning

Of another day where we can fly

Up in the air just you and I.

Determination has brought you here,

We're the ones who've made it clear

That together we can coexist

Without problematic prejudice.

We've broken rules set in stone

That was proclaimed centuries ago.

I feel guilty when I brought you down,

It's no wonder you have stuck around.

Without me there, you would have died,

If I had not have heard your cry.

For hours I have worked

Against my mentor's word,

To help in any way I can

So you can fly again.

Together we have bonded so;

Leaning, knowing, teaching, growing.

It took some time, but we had begun

To make magic with our mindsets one.

Introduction was the hardest part;

It required change of heart.

It wasn't long before the village would hear

Of how I surpassed my peers

In training.

Was it draining?

Running back and forth across the isle

Was a sign of my defile

Against those whom I respected.

Though I knew you were protected

Inside the cove.

It took some time to show

That they're no different than we are.

You took me up; I touched the stars.

Together into battle, whatever it may be,

You and I have merged as one against a common enemy.

We've proved my father wrong, and he has finally understood

That neither skin nor scales will overpower, you always thought it would.

Higher than a mountain, surely a triple threat

With skin so thick, an axe or mace will fail to make impact.

Anger, irritation, the mighty Red Death flew;

It chased us amongst the clouds, blasting fire at us too.

One by one we shot right back, damaging its colossal wings.

It aimed one final blast before I slipped out of the rig.

From there on out, I don't remember; everything went black.

I'm lucky to have met you, you always had my back.

You wrapped your wings around me, encasing me, and all

The while we fell and touched the ground, you saved me from a fall.

A fall that would have killed me.

The village changed, it was to be.

The light, once again, aroused me to a start.

I looked around and noticed my father had a change of heart.

I was inside, my bed downstairs; you're bouncing in the rafters.

I never saw the damage, until it was after

I had pulled off the covers to reveal a major shock;

Instead of flesh, below my knee, was steel as hard as rock.

Full realization took over as I looked into your eyes.

I recalled the day I spared your life just as you have spared mine.

Left fin, left leg, we're closer now.

It's clear that how

You'll teach me to walk as I'd taught you to fly.

Someday I knew it won't be long before we'd reach the skies.

Together, you and I; our prosthesis glistening in the sun;

Forever it will remain that our hearts beat as one.