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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

the King part II

the king stormed in
to the palace grounds
everyone seemed nervous
as he looked around

"WHERE IS THE CARDINAL?"
he thundered, shivering
"yes, sir" squeaked a voice in the crowd
he's never seen him so incensed, frightening.

"my loyal servant,
you wise man.
i thought you said
i would never see her again?"

"yes i did my lord.
but however did u?
it's true i know.
never see her again u will."

"for, my lord, she is all but
a passing face.
one that is without a heart
and all you get is the surface"

"what rubbish!
you maniac!" retorted the king
i had seen her with my
own royal eyes. wrong they will never be.
wrong i never am"

"MINISTERS!" the king yelled.
and streaming in they come.
"i want a search party in place
immediately to find for this lady"

"succeed each one of you shall,
or back to the palace you'll never come!"

"but Your Majesty" rose one voice
from the hushed silence
"there'll be certain things we need
like a picture, a name or at least
we should know if she is danish or swede"

"alright all of you" said the king,
dejectedly, sighing.
"go now. go.
except the cardinal, you stay"

the King sunk to his knees.
dabbling in this beautiful pain.
painful torture.
torturous beauty.

"my Lord, do be less sorrowful.
the more you find her,
the more you won't see her.
maybe it's best just to wait"

"what more can i do, wise man?
if fate is playing this game.
i'd wait but how long for?
one day? one thousand days?
or perhaps even more?"

"well, my Lord. maybe you shouldn't.
let it go and it will soon be forgot.
she's just a figment of your thoughts.
and hemmed in reality we are"

silence.

"how do you love someone
who isn't even there?"

silence.