A Lesser King

Once a broken man asked for forgiveness For all of his failings But never does the world pardon those Who reveal their weakness In disguise We trot through the belly of the beast Day after day Though ultimately by course of nature's laws We each must fall Calls of a lesser king Echo through the darkness Foreshadowing the sad And naked truth of mine Writhing for the touch of deliverance I yearn on Until my voice bellows through These valleys no more But born of me no greater beauty Shall ever see the dawn of day For parental darkness shall never give birth To binding light In my heart nothing but unrequited toil And unsatisfied desire Wondrous ends will never tie together As I stand banished Into shade Fairer touch cast down my crown Shattering the grand illusion Alone in the arms of finiteness A reason for pride was never earned nor given Sovereignty Was never offered nor claimed Now nothing but a poor peasant I am So fairer touch Cast down my crown Calls of a lesser king Echo through the darkness Foreshadowing the sad And naked truth of mine Writhing for the touch of deliverance I yearn on Until my voice bellows through These valleys no more I am a lesser king Unworthy of your tender caress Lending me the strength To kneel before no one I am a lesser king Unworthy of your gentle embrace Lending me the strength To bow down to no one