KING FOR A DAY

by KELLI GEMINI - Not entered

YOU CAME THROUGH MY DOOR
  AND YOU FOUND MY HEART
IT WAS A FAIRYTALE MOVIE 
  WITH A FAIRYTALE START
AFTER YOU PLAYED WITH IT
  YOU THROUGH IT AWAY
THAT'S WHY I HAD IT HIDDEN 
  SO FAR AWAY
I HAD IT HIDDEN IN THAT DEEP DARK PLACE
I HAD IT HIDDEN SO THERE WAS NO TRACE
I HAD IT HIDDEN FOR ONE VERY GOOD REASON
I HAD IT HIDDEN SO I COULD JUST LOVE'EM AND   LEAVE'EM
BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
  THAT TOOK IT AND LOST IT
AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
  THAT ALL THEY WANTED TO DO WAS CROSS IT
THEY WANTED TO CROSS IT
  LIKE AN OBSTACLE IN THEIR WAY
THEY WANTED TO CROSS IT 
  SO THEY COULD BE KING FOR A DAY
I TOLD MYSELF I WOULDN'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN
AND I PROMISED MYSELF
  THAT I WOULD STOP THEM WHEN THEY CAME
BUT, THEN YOU CAME 
  AND AGAIN, IT WAS TAKEN AWAY
NOW, I'M LOST
  AND THERE IS ANOTHER KING FOR A DAY

Reason for writing:

    I JUST THOUGHT PEOPLE MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW THAT IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE.  SOME HURT MORE THAN OTHERS.BUT, EVERYONE FEELS LIKE THIS AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIVES.
    

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Date created: 1997-11-13 14:13:14
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:39:48
Poem ID: 48176

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