The Queen and Her Joker
"There will always be a villain evil never dies!"
Said the king to his many allies
There will always be a war
And a certain respect
But there are secrets that are kept
Under lock and key
The suspicion that some seek
What lay under the face of paint
is there even a key
That could unlock such a gate?
"This is our city and we shall protect her,"
Continued the king
"But to keep us entertained there shall always be the Joker!"
They all laughed in the Joker's face
Ignored his strange ways
He was the court's fool
Nothing more than a rusted tool
Always there when one needed it
But there for nothing more
And the Joker had decided
His life was becoming a bore
But there was someone who did not understand
Could there be more to such a misunderstood man?
She was the Queen of high pristine
Of great beauty was the Queen
She was young and innocent
Unlike the man she mused of
She wanted to meet him and try to learn
But that would be all she'd sworn
For this was nothing more then curiosity
Something like a short and enjoyable laugh
That is what she thought
Until the very man she had dreamt of crossed her path
"Good day my lady!"
He greeted her so
She retorted with a rude "go away"
The danger she was in she could not possibly know
"But aren't I the very man you wanted to see?"
It was then she realized that he would not let her be
And that you see made her furious
He made a short but slow laugh then he asked her
"Why so serious?"
He told her if she could put aside her rank and grace
Then and only then could he put a smile an her face
She was a fool to agree
But he seemed to make it easy
So together they danced in the pale moonlight
The act made her tremble
She felt as though she were dancing with the devil
The days passed quickly with him
He came through with his promise and made her laugh
She was blinded by love
And thought she'd found her other half
"It was you all along"
She would say
"You're my only love, Mistah J!"
But this paring angered another man
The Knight did not understand
You see he did not like them together
Because she was the Queen
And he thought she could find someone better
He confronted her one day after she had come in
He told her what she was doing was the greatest of all sin
And that it needed to end
Or when she expected it least
She would find her secret love dead slain as if he where a beast
This scarred her enough
She changed her ways
Yet her heart ached
She wanted the freedom that the Joker had
She wanted it all
Even if it meant being bad
So one night she ran away
She couldn't fathom being without him for one more day
They met there against all odds
But the Joker had changed
She began to see what others had talked of
Things she swore not true
She began see there was not one man under the paint
but two
He loved her one moment
Then hurt her the next
She couldn't figure out which one was him
It was such an evil hex
That no magic could ever undo
She was still hopelessly in love with this man of two
The Knight was outraged by this wicked Queen's ways
He couldn't comprehend just how she loved such a heartless man
And why she wouldn't agree to take his own hand
He knew what he had to do to stop this for all
He united a army that would promise the Joker's fall
He found them that next day
Deep in the words of betrothal they say
He took the Queen and had his men take the Joker
She knew it would be the last time she would see him and new it to be over
It was raining the next day as she took back to her throne
But she had a glimmer of hope like a gleam of light that peaked threw a locked door
For she had heard that her love had escaped
And she knew that he would come for her
And it may be this very day
But the hope faded and the gleam stopped
All in a sudden moment as her heart dropped
A body was brought to the door by the Knight himself still riding his white steed
She rose from her throne then fell to her knees
"Fear not my men"
Began the knight
"You no longer have to be vexed by fright!
For I've slain not a dragon but the devil himself
That had desired my wife and forbade my health!
For now he is dead and dead he shall be
And the Joker shall never have his Queen!"
She cried out in pain then ran to her chamber
She damned the dark Knight that had cursed her with such anger
She fell to her bed and hid her face
How could anyone except such a cruel and mocking place?
Those people took his dignity and pride
And didn't expect consequences to be brought to there eyes?
They took it all away from him leaving him only a fake name
And then they killed him and the Queen just the same
She looked up from her pillows then saw something strange
A single rose lay on her table with a note attached reading her name
She took the note and began to read
"I'm sorry for the pain I've caused you
I hope your not mad at me for the latest trick I've pulled
I'm alive and well
And I've the whole kingdom fooled!
Meet me where the light disappears from the day
There and only there is were you must away
Far from the Knight and all of his men
There is where I await to see you once again"
She took him back like she always would from every day on
There love was much stronger then any other bond
Strange as it would seem to others it was perfectly normal to her
And not even the strongest Knight alive could keep her from
the Joker