He was a great king
as the story goes
but what history has hidden
is what is now being told

the pirate king
a scoundrel
emperor of thieves

he sailed the seven seas
burned cities
and salvaged riches
of nobility

he conquered a country
long forgotten
lost to the sands of time

some say he was
a caster of spells
an enchanter

I say he was a magician
an astrologer
an alchemist

but we may never know
another secret lost to
the sands of time.