Lest you forget, I Know

From the start, through all of its sins, to its bitter end, as all relationships end.

It was the lightening and the storm,

It was the darkened skies and sodden trees

blown and pushed, ripped and torn.

As I turned away, there was that one break in time

when the sun parts, the scarlet rays beat to the ground

ten seconds before and fifteen after 

and the storm is here

cutting loose and in its prime

 

I took them back and played that game

let the rain fall on their parade

watched them take the walk of shame

the deed is done, the argument of storm and sky made

 

I tried to be king, whilst living in a pauper’s court

told the world I would never be back

made my nightmares and conquests come to life

broke promises and fell short

 

To all and sunder of this forsaken place

I was the getaway kid

the boy where the horizon was never enough

I am bigger than this, better than that

I will be gone without a trace

I was the prince, I was the face

So when the bars close

and my morning afters and bitter regrets stumble away

forget me never, forget me always

 

It was the lightening and storms, the last I saw

From the times I had run of this town

they cracked the sky and brought it down

as I turned away and took off my hollow crown.

Author's Note

Not sure if it is stuck between too little elaboration and too much description