Down Around a Crown

Wave goodbye to what we were; a hand falls following
Kingdoms of courage and cost; ashes of loss
Her banner set ablaze; my courage torched with it
No chance to bare an heir; no hope for reprieve
Our world brought down around her crown
 
Ambition quivers in the wind; the arrow flies further
Tears that flow down crimson cheeks; a dagger plunged into her back
Which shall slow to a stop first?
 
A palace worth remembering; forgotten shambles of defeat
She believed us to be better; iron forged with the strength of promise
Her silken shawl of halcyon became a beckon of torment
 
Forever is her beauty lost; sullied by the blood of despair
We stood before her as one; laid to rest together
My sword joins her circlet of mishap; omitted by the victorious
Doomed to be buried; traitors of sensibility
In her place a new crown to bring down

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