Dan Williams

Seeking Revenge

While true forgiveness is many times your only relief,

sometimes it is not the only thing salvation is hinged on.

So the desire for a sweet evening of the score before life ends

is the whetstone that I sharpen my revengers on.

 

There is a well-mannered urgency to my reminders

I must say;

I fully expected that Harpy would find me here

some day.

 

Sometimes a willingness to compromise only succeeds

when your opponent has weaknesses better off not shown.

The determined man is most dangerous when he bleeds;

this documented by dwarves, still to most not known.

 

Slowly, Revenge Dragon circles, marble wings showing

yet flexible and bulletproof,

so usually sure of feeding he hesitates, knowing

desperate people will struggle with demons revealing

risking retribution by fiery breath dealing,

knowing the determination of the careful man to keep unchanged

the scene that Harpy was so intent on stealing.

.

If the demon shows any weakness, if the Harpy can be cornered,

the Dragon watered;

maybe the hate they have mothered and nurtured could not

be as easily slaughtered.

So the sisters, Revenge and Vengeance, might be sweet-talked

into working this one time for free;

I will spend every last dime and every last feeble breath

to have them working for me.