As the king walks down the long red carpet
he chuckles to himself, big smile on his face
strolling with the confidence and swagger of a lion
Then
as he begins to turn his head
he sees one woman whisper to another
A man.
With a half- smile on his face
And a boy
With a dull, unimpressed look upon his face
The king
With a look of concern
begins to slow his pace
His head not as high as before and his arms swinging lower
He hears, or so he thought he heard, someone laugh
“Who is it?!”,
Only the sounds of his echoed voice are heard
“I’ll cut off his head!”
The audience, now looking frightened yet intimidating
He’s afraid
And anyone still looking at him can sense his fear
His embarrassment
Silence
“Could this be me?”
The king thought.
“Is this how the people view me?”
He stroll was never the same
His laugh was never as joyous
And that day
a king became a man.
The transformation of a king to a man is definitely a different twist compared to a boy becoming a man. It’s a great way of looking at how a male can see themselves of being independent with superman like powers but comes to realize he is human like everybody else because he too can feel like everyone else who he claims to be superior to.
ReplyDeleteWow very intriguing poem. Seems like its a about a boy who thinks he is a king, and then becomes a man. Its almost as if this boy was untouchable to all that is around him, and then realizes that there is no truth to that. It was a great poem to read. You should write more like it.
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