On the road paved in diamond & gold
10/20 2020
There's a road paved in diamond & gold
Where it's impossible to follow along
But the king sits patiently
Studying the cracks glimmering in the moonlight
Waiting for his princess to return
By day it is a most ordinary road
Where men laugh and speak of their ordinary dreams
And distant seas and meets and fleets
That all can occupy every kingdom in a heartbeat
Yet they wait for their reality to return
By the lantern light in the tavern
The king occupies his regular seat by the corner row
As two men approach him with a proposition,
Seeing through his disguise they say honestly:
"Are you waiting for her or for yourself to return?"
There is a road paved in diamond & gold
That eventually leads to a broken home
Where she sits waiting alone on her knees
Hands tied together as if she had been told
That it would eliminate the word and replace it with return.