The Royal Changeling

Deep in the dungeon in the back left corner Was a mere shell of what was once a man. He was shackled to the wall of his own design By the love of his lady so fair, and divine The queen of a land so far away in time With a king who held her ever so dear Locking them away alone from peasant's view None of his subjects gazed upon this mentally ill king He had a smothering love for his queen, Abusing her in every way Never there for love, but only in his mind She hadn't felt his touch in years, other than abuse Then one day her knight came in on his white steed They loved under moonlight each night in secrecy Hiding their treasonous affair from the evil king Until one night he caught them The knight dueled injuring the king's ability to speak The queen fearing their treasonous death Plotted and schemed as not to be beheaded To the knight's chamber they carried him Dousing the room in oil laying him on the floor Dropping the lantern the knight held Flames rose in the chamber, consuming him The queen screamed to the subjects for help All the court came running to douse the fire out The knight and queen really started The true king was unrecognizable and couldn't even whisper The knight came forward as her husband the king The queen burst into tears, Explaining how the knight attacked her, Setting the room ablaze All his subjects bowed before the knight, the changeling I am sorry dear king, the subjects said As the knight pulled the queen to him, Ushering them to take him away, to the dungeon below, Shackled, and chained, in his own kingdom In the dungeon the king waited, to be beheaded The knight secretly became the king instantly Taking his spot next to the love of his life, the queen No one suspected a single thing She visited the king one last time before he died Telling him how she loved him, stroking his cheek Watching the next day as they beheaded him, Hiding her head in her knight unknown Her dark side she displayed The day her knight became her king And her king became some subhuman thing He had truly always been The knight now the king with his lovely queen Ruled for many years, having ten children Of tainted royal blood, but no one ever knew Their secret love and darkest treason ever committed.