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I - Captured King

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THE CHRONICLE OF THE BLOOD-FILLED CROWN
I: Captured King

Alas, the last flag-bearer has perished.
Everything burns – a land I once cherished.
I am dragged, my arms chained and my feet bound;
The armor of the malevolent guards making a ringing sound.
Almost like a bell
… Or perhaps Death rings his knell.

I am dropped in front of a thrown I once owned.
Upon it sat an enemy – his face as hard as stone.
Slowly, the stone-hard face cracks a sneer.
No room for hope, only fear.
Oh, and to think – he was once my son!
No longer, no more – this war he has won.

His face was one that I held dear.
Once he was a babe, his face tear-smeared.
His mother would calm him and make him smile.
How could he bestow on her a fate so vile?
Beneath his sword, she did fall –
Her head now mounted on his trophy wall.

I named him Peace, which he changed to War.
All havoc reeked from his evil core.
And my two daughters, Love and Lust,
One escaped, the other ground to dust.
And his brother, the cunning renegade,
Another moment's breath was for him forbade.

His name was Noble, until he turned coat.
For love of wealth – his honor: Sold – a letter he wrote;
Informing War of my formations.
Noble thought he'd feel elation.
Such a sensation was but small.
And to War's sword too did he fall.

I have but one trusted child left.
Ah! Would I, for her, have my heart cleft.
Let her be far from such oppression,
In isolation and at silence's discretion.
Let her not face a tyrant such as this!
Mixing Peace and War – vis-à-vis.

War lifts his dark face, and laughs a hearty jest,
And asks me sweetly about taking rest.
Enraged, I can do nothing more than spit at his feet.
He just laughs, and with him his followers bleat.
Mockingly, he tells me not to cry.
… Then sentences me to die.

I stand at the gallows,
A noose around my nape.
My kinsfolk I shall follow –
A trophy on War's wall
And my skin for his cape.
This one wasn't better than the prologue, in my opinion - what do you guys think?

Plz do read the rest of the Chronicle here: :hug: [link] :hug:
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oh my god your so good! :iconimpressedplz: