750. Methusael Poem by Jaden Knight

That night Methusael prayed to the reaper
with offering his heart and soul
for him to die and remove his pain
and let the black void swallow him whole

wrapping his bruised body in worn smelly blankets
he prepared his battered mind for sleep
placing a pillow carefully over his face
so his mother couldn't hear him weep

That very night he appeared in the courtyard
of a mighty castle on a cloud
his very own enchanted land
while pain and evil aren't allowed

He was taken to throne room before the king
and looks up to see his father who had passed
he was greeted with "am delighted to see you again my son
am happy to welcome you home at last"

"You will never need to leave this place my boy
you shall help me rule these lands
here you will never fear any daily beatings
from a cruel belt or calloused hands"

The next day the boy's body was found
and the mother was arrested
destined to be locked away for a very long time
no matter how much her innocence was protested

At Methusael's funeral most people wept
as they laid his body to rest in the ground
but up in the clouds there was a great cheer
as the new prince at his coronation was crowned