NOD24 – Dinner With Tragic
Notes of Destiny 24
(Dinner With Tragic)
The spread was like she’d never seen,
Inside Tragic’s cabin,
Shrimp as thick as her own arm,
And hen meat strong and blackened.
Fruits of every exotic kind,
And all kinds of things from the sea.
He dug into his succulent feast,
With abandon- quite greedily.
Windy attempted to keep her composure,
But was quickly overcome.
And for several minutes, all she could say
While she ate, was: “yum.”
But soon their bellies filled enough,
And Tragic began to talk.
Tragic: “Tell me of yourself, girl.”
Windy: ” I don-“
Tragic: “Tell me or ya walk!!!”
The pirate slammed his hands down,
And made the table shake.
And Windy felt a tremble in her heart,
Almost like an earthquake.
She began to recount the tales,
Of where they had already been,
She tried to leave out personal details,
But soon found she couldn’t win.
She sensed that Tragic was using
Some kind of magic to read her.
And something to conceal his feelings,
So she knew nothing sure.
After she finished recounting her tale,
And Tragic seemed lost in thought,
She bravely thought to ask him a question.
Information she sought.
Windy: “Why do you use silent magic?
Where did you learn it from?
Why do you think silent magic is okay?
When Songwriter says its wrong?”
Tragic smiled and laughed a little.
Tragic: “From the mouths of babes!
I see the point that you make.
You have an attentive gaze.
I do not say that I am good.
I just say that I’m right.
I do what best for myself alone.
And I always win the fight.
If at the final chorus,
Of my forsaken years,
I’m judged to be tortured in the pit’s mire,
I’ll fight with all my fear.
And if I’m dragged down into that pit,
I’ll fight all the more.
My soul is mine, and mine alone.
Down to its rotten core.”