"Not Ready"

,

Once a dragon was not ready

to love a boy.

Once a boy was not ready

to be a King.

Once a King was not ready

to be a true Heir.

Once an Heir was not ready

to be the one that everybody depended on.

,

But they did it anyway.

,

He took the blow for the son of the son of his blood-brother.

He took the crown and built a city of a hundred castles.

He hid away his treasure, awaiting someone ready.

He never, ever gave up fighting.

,

Once another boy

of another name

and another face

was not ready.

Not ready for the world to change.

Not ready for himself to change.

But he did anyway.