Riddle Me This

[Kitti]

Riddle:
"A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved."

Have you ever created a riddle for someone to solve before? Riddles tend to rely on word having multiple meanings and metaphors to express details about an object. They can be rewarding to solve, especially if they're very difficult and clever.

My challenge to you is thus:
I want you to create a riddle to be solved!
Make sure you include the answer, behind spoilers or something.​

 

[Lady Sabine]

MODERN DRAGONS

The dark back of the van is my lair,
ropes and lines my gold and gems.
Lurking therein until a brave knight of the sky
comes to drag me out into onto the grass

Polyester wings stretch across a field wet with dew
and a fan breathes life into them as wicker creaks
my body standing upright again at last
what a relief it is to stretch!

When my gypsy tent is billowed into the air
my mouth is assembled
I breathe fire in a great gust and ward off the chill of morning
as I climb into the sky without a flap of wings.

Every breath stands me straighter,
every burst of fire sends me that much closer to heaven
but without the fire's warmth I sink titanic
back to Earth where the van waits in the field
men like ants ready to anchor.

My wings fall flat and are rolled up again
my mouth disassembled, the smell of fuel in the air
and wicker creaks again as my body retreats into the lair
and the knights drive me home.

Spoiler

Hot Air Balloon

 

[Sebastian]

I am myself, until I meet you.
Then, I am you.
Unless, that is, you are me.
If you are me, then I am me, but at the same time, I am you.
If I am you, and you are me, then we are eachother, but not at all.
What am I?
[spoili]

[/spoili]

 

[Thomas McTavish]

I am a symbol
But not one used to write
I have represented countless things
From Revolution to Despotism,
From Hope to Despair,
From Peace to War,
All across the globe
From Russia and France
To India and America.
I have been held high in pride
And destroyed in Defiance,
Often by the same people.
What am I?

Answer:

A Banner

 

[York]

I strike swiftly, silently
Surrounded by dark clouds in turmoil
I am the harbinger of unseen sound
The world around me is illuminated by my presence
Yet Death and destruction is the only thing I leave behind
What am I?

Spoiler

A bolt of lightning

 

[Pulchritudinous]

I strike swiftly, silently
Surrounded by dark clouds in turmoil
I am the harbinger of unseen sound
The world around me is illuminated by my presence
Yet Death and destruction is the only thing I leave behind
What am I?

Spoiler

A bolt of lightning
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You are... lightning!

 

[Ashi]

It breathes but has no hearbeat,
It roars but it has no voice,
It dances but it has no feet,
New life can come from what it destroys.
What is it?

[spoili]Flame. [/spoili]

 

[Domotoro]

I strike from the air
and from thy own hands
from inside I destroy
from outside I harm thee none
Hot but cold you become,
I confuse you
Your body aches
and with beaded sweat
I roll off your forehead
until all at once
or slowly little by little
I vanish to someone else.
What am I?

I am...

A Virus

 

[AngelFish]

Three lives have I;

light enough to caress the sky;
soft enough to sooth the skin;
hard enough to crack rocks.

What am I?

Answer

Water

 

[Poignant Polyglot]

It's a science one!


Many things, I do not share:

I cannot breathe but though I live
In a place of light and heat
There is no air to breathe
The gas you all hate
Is my byproduct waste
I produce so much
It's even in my name
What am I, that lives
Without breath but
A complete jigsaw I make.

Answer

A methanogen!

(This is very hard and if anyone actually gets, good on you)

 

[Disgruntled Goat]

I am the choice of captains, counts and tigers,
And the perennial favourite of students.
I am an early riser, born for the mornings,
I bring strength for the day ahead,
I am dry and I am solid,
Yet wetness brings out the best in me.

What am I?

Cereal!

 

[Arcadia]

I store the knowledge of past civilizations, but I can be a lover, a murderer and your best friend.
I move at a pace unknown.
Those who use me use me more with each encounter.
I take any shape and size.

What am I?

Spoiler

A novel

 

[foodforpigs]

easy one.

I hold the shroud to keep the rain in
I'll snap if you try and drag me down
I'm on planes, trains, and automobiles
I have the shape, but I am not a promise

What am I?

answer

A shower curtain ring. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is a movie that has a shower curtain ring salesman.

 

[Crono]

That's right, enjoy your sweet reward. But I hold in me my child, who can't be killed by your wight chisels. He will grow out my grave, and he will become even greater than you.


Answer:


A peach!

 

[Rina]

I am hated by the same beings that love me,
I can unite people as well as cause strife,
I live for a day before being revived in the night,
I have turned my closest clients into zombies dependent on me.

What am I?

I am...

A smartphone

 

[Sora Blade]

I bring peace with me when I come
But sorrow is my companion
People fear my very possibility
And my meaning is deeper than the deepest canyon

I am the only thing every being has in common
I have many forms, am seen many ways
I come unexpected you can never know
People count to me using years, months, weeks,and days

There are many names I go by
And all are true
One is know to everyone
Can you giess it before I come for you

answer

Death