King of Hearts
The King of Hearts began
a man wielding an axe
mighty arm raised
to land a blow
but over time and seas
men copied too quickly
men copied too quickly
or too carelessly
and angle
by angle
he lost his axe,
came to England
came to England
with only shaft in hand
and now he is not the King of Axes
but the Suicide King
shaft to hilt
knife to his head
despair where once was strength.
despair where once was strength.