BENDED KNEE

I find myself believing

And it's been a long time since

Trust became a leaning

For this misanthropic prince

Sure the tie that binds

Is a necessary sin

But that's an issue from my past

And all those "should've beens"

It's not like I am disinclined

But I've been a trusting fool

They corrupt as We combine

Gladly break the golden rule

Sure my hearts been broken

But it's been broken from the start

Romantic minstrel, ever clever

So naïvely plays his part

Through my stream of lost becoming

Evermore noble than before

Perhaps I'm neither knave or knight

But in fact am something more

I've sought to slay the dragon

Saved the damsel from herself

Gone so far through this becoming

That I'm all but someone else

My capacity has blossomed

My love – the love that leads

My intentions, turned now over

To the care that other's need

Perhaps I'm some salvation

Ever constant sum of me

Now I'm the king

- Of all I conquer

And thus this whole world

Belongs to me

Touch the sword

-Shoulder to shoulder-

My whole kingdom

-I bequeath-

Stand again

-Before the damsel-

And I'll declare

-On bended knee-