| Silent King Silence rules the Kings craven mind Untrue jestures play to a vacant heart While he holds court nightly To the madness of his own denial Denying love Denying need Denying trust Denying desire King of denial Of hearts Of silence Of faded glory Of riches and passion Youth Life Breath Ruled away by pride and fear And sickening spite Dethroned his Queen and royal dog In a most callous decree Foregoing the land rich with green, impossible treasures In exchange for a complacent, dreary kingdom of concrete worship, Free of sacrifice, pledge, promise, vow. Counter kingdoms and anti-queens will seek to enter the imperious Black Laquered bed now occupied by false nobles And tepid dreams What hell must accompany kings and fools Who seek to deny the true fortune Of fate Of self Of soul The queen bemuses Coward. |