Chasten now your weary feet
Lest they dare to tread
Where mice grow wings and shadows sleep
The dragon's eternal bed

For in caverns deep the dragons dwell
Their peaceful slumber unbroken
I fear the world should be cast to hell
If ever a beast were woken

Austin R. Dixon grew up in a small town in Alabama. He completed high school one year early and went to Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. He began his creative writing pursuits while there but after one year, he opted not return to college in order to spend more time working on his writing. He will turn 18 during the summer of 2001.