A Strange Ballad

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Have you ever considered?
What if someone wrote the ballad of my life?
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the boy who spun worlds in his head.
They can tell of how he escaped his world to create another.
They can tell of how he trapped himself in his own maze.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the demon at the crossroads.
They can tell of the demons' timely stare and still heart.
They can tell of the foolish boy that flirted with them and lived.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the boy that battled the black dragon on the jagged cliffs of surgical steel.
They can tell of the black dragons maddening breath.
They can tell of the crimson oozing on the jagged cliffs.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write about the boy who travelled to see the wizards.
They can tell of him sleeping in the cart while wars waged around him.
They can tell of the thousand orcs in his dreams.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the boy in the glass casket.
They can tell of how he shivered and sniffled.
They can tell of how he built it to protect his doubt.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the boy who bled himself dry for everyone.
They can tell of how empty his veins got.
They can tell of him rising the next day to give more.
But how repetitive will the song of the boy be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the boy who woke up in hell.
They can tell of how his eyes burned dry.
They can tell of how the rattle of his lungs spoke death.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man's climb from the dirt.
They can tell of how he slid and fell.
They can tell of how he gave up and fell asleep.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man who slept next to a hole in the ground.
They can tell of how tired he was of sleeping in the earth.
They can tell of his dreams fading away.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man who found peace.
They can tell of how he lost it.
They can tell of how he found it.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write about the fairy who found him.
They can tell of them both wandering the labyrinth.
They can tell of him revelling in her warmth.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man who still falls asleep.
They can tell of the demons and orcs and dragons and caskets he visits.
They can tell of the fairy joining him to bear witness.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man who give his heart to a fairy.
They can tell of how he worries but trusts.
They can tell of how she holds it close and sings its true name.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of the man who got comfortable in his maze.
They can tell of him working on using his mind to make a home.
They can tell of him lying with his fairy for centuries.
But how repetitive will the song of the man be?
What would be the chorus?
They can write of a man who found a verse worth refraining.
They can tell of how he looks for rhythm.
They can tell of how he clumsily dances the same tune with his fairy.
Hoping it's repetitive.
Hoping it's the chorus.

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