Reptile Prince Scribbles Another Confession (draft)

(As Reptile Princess Paints Another Fantasy)

"I just wish she was real",

Rusty cartoon hero cracks a broken whisper to no-one and considers:

The only fire that ever really burned him,

Engulfed him, choked but kept him warm,

Had torn away his skin and locked an iron door

To brilliant colours even drugs couldn't conjure,

Illuminating dreams of wholeness and calm.

He writes with vivid but imagined detail

Another filthy fantasy confession

Finalised by the death of the repitile prince

While a shadow stares through a cold kingdom mirror

And sighs...