kingdom
gabriel duncan

his eyes flitter back wildly
as the other calmly explains
their ancient kingdom is lost
looted; and their relics all claimed
but no one accepted this news
the all wished it the same
and the sailboat they righted
but the rudder stayed lame
 
now the kingdom had returned
one or two hundred strong
they reclaimed their colors
and their faith
so they pushed blindly on
but what came next is hard to say
the only stories from other sides
the enemies had all returned
their citizens were burned
the only ones left alive
worked for the death they earned
 
and so a new kingdom was built
by those who slayed
and it was for centuries
the kindom stayed
but it came again
at once they fought
and a new kingdom stood
on those that rot
but it ends not
it comes again
and there never is a final end