it is dark
and iv been here for weeks
each day I mark
when the sun peeks
the sky
I wish to see
but I believe this is my
new place to be
I'm a prisoner of a war
of which I was King
but I soon to be a corpse
this pit my death will bring
I once road high
upon a horse of command
but now I will die
a lonely broken man
secure the right flank
I yell to my men
but the left was now blank
no one to defend
they swang around quick
but on one sow the move
I made my pick
yet the wrong one it was proved
so now I lay here
along with murderers and thieves
a cannibal sets near
his pile of bones he leaves
he is a monster among men
not ready to die
this pit his den
yet this pit is just where I lie
so I set and pry
for a miracle to come
but now I would even say
a prayer for just get a crumb
I am skin and bone
but a man I will not eat
I long for my throne
and all the exotic meats
but over all I was weak
so my country I lost
forgiveness I would seek
for all the lives I tossed
but I guess I am punished
yet a fine ruler I thought I made
but I must have been rubbish
and a fool I played
but now I'm in a pit
and death surrounds
I guess it's a fit
to die in these boney mounds
so I now say goodbye
to life above ground
with one airy sigh
in this grave I am bound
©jointed
J