Under shining silver stars, a nest was spun A young magpie, beneath his mother’s sun Her lullabies spoke kindly of the heart Of love that holds when all else falls apart But when she left and her feathers caught the wind A darker truth was whispered down to him His father’s voice, grim, cold, and sly “Take what you can, son, ‘cause riches never die” From every treasure gleamed, his heart withdrew A kingdom vast, but love he never knew The wealth he held was never meant to last A king of nothing, with a heart lost in the past His feathers shined as he soared through the skies His eyes were drawn to treasures others despised Each gleam of gold, each glint of silver sheen He gathered it all to feed his endless greed The forest animals bowed under his rising sway His kingdom built on things that fade away But in his heart, a space deprived of joy No gem nor jewel could ever fill that void From every treasure gleamed, his heart withdrew A kingdom vast, but love he never knew The wealth he held was never meant to last A king of nothing, with a heart lost in the past On his glistening throne, his love torn apart He sat by himself, a king without a heart The shining hoard he cherished with so much care Could not replace the warmth that wasn’t there His riches cast long shadows in his life And all that mattered vanished, his children and his wife He ruled a world in silence and regret With a crown of gold, he owed love’s crushing debt From every treasure gleamed, his heart withdrew A kingdom vast, but love he never knew The wealth he held was never meant to last A king of nothing, with a heart lost in the past Too late, he saw the riches he amassed Could never fill the void, nor could they last In his quest to gather all he could He cast aside the only thing that would From every treasure gleamed, his heart withdrew A kingdom vast, but love he never knew The wealth he held was never meant to last A king of nothing, with a heart lost in the past
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