a usurper ascended the throne
but the King’s daughter was hidden away
the guards entered all the taverns
and excluded all the babes with raven hair
almond eyes look up from unwashed faces
inconclusive at best so they were spared
under the ancient oak, the Oracle once said,
“inclusion will mark her reign”
but a thousand hearts have already bled
it seemed like a lifetime ago
and the young men who fought the war are no more
memories come to die in a field of gold
all seemed lost ‘til the heavens began to cry
the usurper’s son fell in love with a maiden
who had silver hair and purple eyes
the histories are unkind but soon you will learn
the throne was never lost
because the King’s daughter returned
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a usurper ascended the throne
but the King’s daughter was hidden away
the guards entered all the taverns
and excluded all the babes with raven hair
almond eyes look up from unwashed faces
inconclusive at best so they were spared
under the ancient oak, the Oracle once said,
“inclusion will mark her reign”
but a thousand hearts have already bled
it seemed like a lifetime ago
and the young men who fought the war are no more
memories come to die in a field of gold
all seemed lost ‘til the heavens began to cry
the usurper’s son fell in love with a maiden
who had silver hair and purple eyes
the histories are unkind but soon you will learn
the throne was never lost
because the King’s daughter returned
People v. Vallejo, G.R. No. 144656, May 9, 2002
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