The Pirate and The Piper Of Tir Na Nog

The Pirate and The Piper Of Tir Na Nog

by Paul McCann

A lonely pirate without a ship came walking to the lake’s edge and called out .

“Hello I’m the pirate they couldn’t hang and I’m here to speak to the piper from the land of Tir Na Nog . All I’m asking is for the piper to play his tune and that’s not much to ask .Is it ? “

Suddenly all around in that moment a wind came howling across the lake and it whistled with a furious sound .

He continued ,

“So you’ve sent me the winds of change from the dark days of the past but those days are gone and now it is the twilight years here in this place  that remains ‘ So send me a song of the spring as the winter has gone as the lake is shimmering in the sunlight “

A melody arose from the lake that was played on the pipes . He stood there and listened to the tune that was playing and he sat down on the ground and was still for a while.

Then he stood u s again and said ,

“I hear what your saying, so would you take a chance now and come sit with me here by the side of the lake ?”

At the moment the water parted over the lake and it was divided by a clear passage that presented for the piper to emerge out from the . He was carrying his elbow pipes under his arm and walked over to the edge where he stood beside the pirate

“Are you not scared them pirate , rogue of the seven seas ?:

The reply came and the pirate said .

“I’m the dweller of the threshold between our worlds so what should I fear am I not your guest here piper ?”

The piper replied ,

“Tell me then what brings to here to my lake ?”

The piper asked ,

“The reason for my visit is to share news from the future that awaits us all .“

“ You mean a future time when everyone is like us eternally young ?

Said the piper and the pirate replied ..

“As I say in the days to come after the fall of the stars , there will be a ship that come sailing through the clouds and it will land here on the lake to collect all the people from Tir Na Nog and take them back again to where they belong ?”

The piper spoke softly ,

“What would be the purpose for that voyage , for the people of Tir Na Nog are happy here under the lake ’

The pirate reached out his hands to the lake and said ,

“The purpose of the voyage is because there will be some uninvited ones who would want to remove everyone from Tir Na Nog and destroy their music forever “

A few moments passed and the piper began to play a tune that brought flames up from the lake that leapt up and danced under the sky .

The pirate continued ....

“There will be many who would try to defend the land of Tir Na Nog but the uninvited ones have a dark force that will be given to them on that day and many from Tir Na Nog will be destroyed . The ship that I will bring will come to rescue all from Tir Na Nog . Fear not brave piper and when that day will come the sun will be blotted out from the sky and the star will begin to fall . That is the hour when you will see a ship come down from the sky and then it will be time to leave “

The piper played another ancient melody and it brought a strange half light down from the sky above and it reflected a path across the lake to where a white swan

Swam over to the lakes edge to where they were standing and the piper said ,

“Darkness has not yet fallen so until that day take with you the dance of the dying swan “

The piper began to play a mournful tune from the mists of time and the swan danced upon the lake .As the piper continued to this day his haunting tune on the pipes, the swan lifted its wings a flew up into eh sky and swooped down and all around the lake and as a whirlpool in the middle of the lake appeared the swam was swallowed up by the lake “

;It’s now time for me to return now pirate and so you must go now “

“I will return so tell them to be ready for that day “

The Piper asked ,

“So, tell me pirate , where do belong and where is your home ?”

I’m the pirate who has been sailing through the sky and over the seas since time began . I have a place where I belong in never ever forever land and that is where I am bound . Stay young and wait for me to return .”

At that moment a huge swan returned out from the lake and flew over to the leake edge where the pirate got on to the swans back and they both disappeared into the sky above . The twilight disappeared and the darkness of night fell down over all the land .

The End