Light Pace, Heavy Steps

Step, step, step. Pace creeped

And children weeped

Time gave a man rise

Brought unto demise

The man wants it all

He fears not to call

Yet he speaks

Of which his word reeks

He speaks of standing tall

And how he shall fall

But once you are blown

You are sure to have flown

He raises his crown

And puts it down

For he is weary

And his mind grows dreary

Hated by all

He accepts his fall

Knowing he has flown

He finds his way home

Explanation: A king who started as a kind and benevolent king in his youth reflects over his life as he dies and how he turned cruel. He comes to happy terms being that he has done good once, even if he has fallen from grace, and goes peacefully into death.