Dino!

“I Don’t Know Why, But I Love Dinos”
By Someone Who Would 100% Let a T. Rex Sleep on Their Couch

I don’t know why I love dinosaurs.
Maybe it’s the tail swishes. Or the teeth. Or the deep, unexplainable feeling that they might be like dogs

I’ve been told it makes more sense that I love lizards. That they’re smaller. Less… extinct. Less “if-they-were-real-you’d-be-dead.” And yeah, I think I’d be scared if dinos actually roamed the streets. I mean, I flinch when a pigeon flaps too fast.

But still — I imagine them

And No, I know better than to base my dreams on Hollywood. HAH!.maybe not….
No, in my imagination, dinosaurs are like weird, oversized dogs.
They snort when they’re happy. They nudge you for attention. Their scales shimmer in the sun. And they would defend you like their own egg.

In my Disney-world brain, they’re part watchdog, part best friend.
The kind of creature that curls around your house at night like a giant protective scarf. The kind that would fetch fallen apples, crush your enemies, and then nap in the garden with butterflies on its nose.

Of course, I know that if dinosaurs came back, some people would ruin it.
They’d try to train them as weapons. Build fences. Patent their DNA.
Make it all a business, because that’s what we do when something is magical and out of reach.
We try to own it. Brand it. Sell it.

And I’m not better. I’ve made bad choices. I’ve ignored magic.

But still — deep down — I love dinos.
Not just the creatures.
The idea of them.
That once, something so huge and strange and powerful walked this earth.
And now, all that’s left is bones and wonder. And maybe, a few lizards watching us like they remember something we forgot.

So maybe that’s it. Maybe that’s why I love them.

Because they remind me that the world used to be wilder.
And maybe it still is — if you squint hard enough at the pigeons. Or the geckos.
Or that part of your brain that still believes in thunder lizards and kind monsters.

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