ROYAL PAIN

THERE SHE IS...

THE QUEEN OF SORROW--

THAT LONG BLACK HAIR

HER BODY

HER MOUTH

WHAT DOES HER COURT TRULY KNOW OF TOMORROW?

WHAT DOES THE DEVIL REMEMBER OF FAUST?

TO DANCE WITH HER

TO KNOW TRUE DESIRE

THE MOST PERFECT WOMAN THAT EVER I'VE SEEN,

TO HOLD HER HAND

TO TASTE OF HER FIRE

TO EMBRACE THE MYSTERY

TO DECIPHER MY DREAM.

THAT WAS MY WISH

THAT WAS MY VICTORY

MY UNCONSCIOUS UNDOING OF MY NEED FOR THIS THING,

I DROWNED IN HER EYES

I DEVOURED HER HISTORY

I SAW PAST THE GLAMOUR

I CHALLENGED THE KING.

THE BEAUTIFUL BOY

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED

THAT WAS THE BRIDGE OF MY HEART'S SAD REFRAIN,

THE INNOCENT CHILD

TORMENTED AND TAUNTED

THE MAN OF MY DREAMS

PENETRATION AND PAIN.

MY DESIRE WAS SELFISH

MY NEED SO DESTRUCTIVE

MY BATTLE FOR LOVE SO NAIVE AND OBSCENE,

THE KING I REQUIRED

FOREVER CORRUPTED

I FAILED TO SUCCEED

TO VANQUISH THEIR QUEEN.

AND ALONE IN THE DARKNESS

I MOURNED FOR MY KING...

© DECEMBER 4, 1995 By Menes