::%;%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#%@@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 :) SAUCE00The Fourth Kingdom coleslaw pulse 199506280O8