Stone Cold
By: Ersiffa Narman
His face is etched in conceit
His body is freezing
He appears to be dreaming
He shall receive no relief
He condemned his land to an eternity of damnation
That's what they say
Even until that day
They are left with a plethora of frustration
Some believe he isn't guilty
Maybe that is true
The desert is crafted in a sandy hue
With the people that swore him fealty
Born of a tribe of women
He was crowned king of the rouge thieves
He is king of the world, that's what he believes
He would outdo the greatest sin
To conquer the world, he lied and cheated
Murder, he committed many
Mothers to children, he killed any
Those were the few crimes he committed
He then did the greatest crime
He stole the sacred relic
He placed it upon his neck
This man had compromised time
A single hero outdid him
This hero saved the land
He saved every man and woman
The evil king's eyes were dim
The land returned pacific
For a while
It turned evil at the dead of the pile
The terror was terrific
The land flooded
Sealing the man and his power away
The key for resuming time was sealed away
Leaving the evil king behind as he brooded
The seal wore away like a rusted sword
He escaped to the surface
Into a forsaken fortress
But he never spoke a word
He left the islanders in peace for a time
Then he'd resume his attack
While a hero was what they lacked
He committed another crime
The man stole blonde girls from villages
Searching for a piece of holy power
He captured more every hour
He'd never return them to their villages
He had kept his eye on a young pirate captain
Waiting for the right time to send the fowl
He gave his signature cowl
The bird took the captain!
The bird flew away from the ship
But was stopped by a barrage of cannonballs
One connected and knocked the girl out of its claws
She fell in the forest far from the ship
He watched the bird closely
Seeing commotion on the island
He feared a hero resided on the island
The fowl arose slowly
It saw a young girl running across the bridge
So it snatched her away
A boy in green clothes attempted to get her, but failed as the bird flew away
The boy ran across the bridge
He was pleased with his fowl
He may not have gotten the captain
But he got something just as good as plain
He put the girl within the dungeon's bowels
It appeared there was an intruder that night
He waited for the boy to appear
So the bird could show the child's face
He was right
The fowl showed him the boy
He smirked
The man to his left motioned
It tossed the boy away like a broken toy
A week passed before he heard from the boy again
He heard the minor had unlocked the door
And resumed the old land's war
He uttered "Amen,"
The boy intruded once again
He defeated the evil fowl king
And was about to face the evil king
But once again…
It failed
A dragon burned his fortress
The dragon's servants took the captain and the boy from the fortress
The king wailed
He returned to his old lair
He fortified his fortress
With demons guarding if there were distress
And evil creatures were abundant everywhere
The boy infringed once again
He easily got past the evil man's interventions
The man cursed the nation
The boy faced him once again
Not even his animated puppet could stop the boy
He called for the boy to come to the top
He went and didn't stop
The man was tossed like a broken toy
He lied there
Cold as stone
The wind had blown
Whispering a prayer
The world flooded once more
Taking the king of the damned with it
Caused by a child's wit
It flooded the world of war
The king of the damned is stone cold
He still lies at the bottom of the ocean
He fell with his sin
The troubles he caused in the land of old
The king of the damned
He condemned his people
His own people
His country is the Land of the Damned
Which lies stone cold
He lies there
His people lie everywhere
They lie in the land of the old