% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ THE FOURTH KINGDOM % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Throughout the ages of this land %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ There has been a ruler strong and grand %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%@@ To banish all fire-red evils % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ And to challenge the black storms % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ One who d punish all wills % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Of new devils just born % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ As bloody days past through battles not won % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ This sole kingdom fell and weakened not once % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ But thrice indeed these people forced back % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Men women and kings burned to the earth % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ After each brutal and gastly attack % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ And left with the hope of one last birth % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ The birth of a prince was now of a king % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ His father perished that night by the wing % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Of a bird of the storm friend of the night % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Who spoke with the child before the slaying % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Stay true to your heart fly towards your light % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ I may be fiend to you but hear what I m saying % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@ Cherished by all the child grew near a man % %%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ The welfare of his kingdom thrown in his hands % %%%%%%%%#%@@ Not a soul did he tell of his encounter % %%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Late that evening of his creation % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Practiced he did contrary to his father % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ A religion scorned by his own nation % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ And when he was grown to a sturdy young man % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ The battles did return and rage again % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ And with them they brought a menacing bird % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Who named himself The Son of The Storm % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ He offered the king a beckoning word % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Follow me young one don t be as the worm % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Not sluggish a bit the king found a gap % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ To enter a life which covers the map % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ As soon as he was hoisted up to the wing % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ He felt his mind and body were transformed % %%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ shaped into clouds dark sky and lightening stings % %%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ He found himself free in the skys he swarmed % %%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Though his forefathers took a different route % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ The king of the skys wanted to get out % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ Of a life filled with meaning and morals % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ One who did not fancy beleifs so random % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ He found truth in himself above the corals % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ By leaving his people The Fourth Kingdom % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@ - coleslaw pulse Written for Nuclear Insemination (formerly The Fourth Kingdom) This was written for a pirating explorer turned knight )