The Emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte

The world was once his playground.

Every where he went, he was known.

From his home of France.

Out to his enemy's in the bitter Russian cold.

He was infamous threw-out the world.

His power reached out from Europe,

To Asia,

To wrap around into the Americas.

He would grin down from his mighty steed.

Its' white mane and coat glinted off brightly in the pounding sun.

As he would stare down his opponents from atop a hill.

Commanding his troops from afar.

Only to join in the fun, at the high point of the battle.

He returned to France, with a victory march.

His troops would be,

Be hind him, singing of their victories.

Drinking the wine of a rich red.

He would return to his beloved.

Asking, hoping, that she had gotten his letters.

She would say no.

But she was nothing more than a whore.

Laying with other men while he was away at war.

He would say nothing.

Only that he loved her dearly.

She only wanted his power, and his wealth.

He lusted for power as did she.

He found being king would not fit any longer.

So he became Emperor.

A titled he found fitting.

Emperor of the world.

His enemies became jealous of his conquest.

So they set out to meet.

At a place know only as Waterloo.

And the Emperor agreed to the fight.

He found himself at the battle.

His numbed began dwindling.

Until his massive army was next to nothing.

He retreated.

Returning to France.

Hoping to find his country,

With arms open of understanding.

When he arrived it was not to be.

They exiled him,

To an isle called Saint Helena.

His missionaries did not come for him.

The people could not believe what had become of him,

Of their once great Emperor.

But that was when he ruled the world.

He became weak,

And ill.

Not even a shadow of the man he once was.

The uniform he once proudly wore into battle.

Was now nothing but shamed memory for him.

He could hear them, far off.

Within his mind, chanting.

"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"

Something they once chanted for him.

For the Emperor of the world.

The Emperor of France.

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.