Warrior Torn By Tragedy & Comedy

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Tragedy laughs into the Warrior's eyes

while forcing a deadly path

Comedy guides the Warrior

to laugher to endure deadly pain

Tragedy knows the Warrior's 

greatest enemy is loneliness

While Comedy strengthens 

the Warrior with kindness

Comedy knows to limit Tragedy

in any time with the Warrior

Aristotle was wrong about Tragedy

as serious and Comedy as frivolous

Shakespeare failed equally as

Tragedy seduces from the start

Tragedy is lust that fades like

beauty and a throbbing pain

Comedy is love and taken breathes

fueled by bliss and a deep embrace

Tragedy lures you with a frailty

of empty words in a broken pledge

Comedy leads the Warrior to a love

of music and a constant dance

And Actor writhes in pain when

Tragedy inevitably abandons

The Warrior endures Tragedy's treachery

and dedicates final passion to Comedy

National Gallery

Dublin, Ireland

3.21.24

3:30 pm