The Twisted Prince
The boy believed in beauty and love
This trait a gift from his mother
Silk threads that flowed like royal blood
His golden eyes like no other
Days were spent with sword and fire
Nights were spent in mother's arms
Royal with riches but far from spoiled
In a life of leisure and charms
But war had spilled across the lands
A war his fathers burned in stone
The boy's father a prince himself
Was never meant for the lord's throne
The youngest spoke against tradition
That the older son had a right to rule
The great lord angered at this betrayal
How could a young brother be so cruel?
"Your brother has lost his son in war
Something you fail to understand
Unless you learn of his pain and suffering
You must kill your son by your hand"
"The day I see you cruel but whole
Will I be able to deem your worth
Of claiming lordship over this land
And burning our rule on earth"
And thus his majesty found his chance
For his son he never cared
But his wife pleaded another way
In hopes her son be spared
His mother was banished for evil deeds
He unknowing of her treasonous plays
The boy earned the title of "prince"
And so he led the rest of his days
The princess was said to be born with luck
His majesty was lucky to be born
His father saw sister as a cherished prize
And all he received was scorn
Our prince received no fatherly love
Only disappointment and distain
He tried hard for father's approval
But the lord was simply mundane
The only man right by our prince
The brother who himself was betrayed
Saw our prince with hope but loss
During the new lords crusade
The prince's uncle was the true father
The prince had sat at his side
Though a fateful night of war and plan
Would be the day his worlds divide
His father had declared a battle plan
His soldiers have no means or reason
But to pay a sacrifice to his war
The plan not far from treason
So the prince stood against this murder
He stood up and spoke aloud
Against this sacrifice by his brutal father
His voice snapped a thunder cloud
"Our blood should not be sacrificed
They fight for our people and land"
He blasphemed his father's ruling
And was punished by his hand
"Come home when you gain a valuable prize
When you bring an enemy before me
Only then could your honor be restored
Finding the avatar is your new destiny"
Our prince now resides on a metal ship
Outside of this broken war
His own inner battle has been declared
Now banished like his mother before
The avatar master of the four elements
Has long been known as dead
And the only being that could stop this threat
And stop the pain and bloodshed
This mission was an unreachable goal
A fact his father knew
But the prince's honor blinded his reason
And so he began to pursue
There was no other answer to his redemption
His honor must be reclaimed
And if this savior was never found
He only had himself blame
A scar marked his marble face
A symbol of the banished prince
A symbol etched by his very father
And will remain forever since
No pain, no suffering could stop his pursuit
For years he scoured the earth
With a dream of returning to his home
And to be granted his right of birth
But the avatar was missing for one hundred years
Like a journey sailing to the sun
He grew to be twisted with broken roots
Knots were damaged and undone
He earned the name "the twisted prince"
With a goal hopeless and failed
But he searched the corner of every land
Wind constantly in his sail
He is our banished fire prince
A burnt and broken tree
Scouring the earth with a brooding look
Searching forever across the sea
