Here's a tale in history
About a period of tragedy
A man who thought of horrid things
But really sought what happiness
brings
Terror instilled within the souls
Of men and women, young and old
Come and listen to me, my friend
He'll make your
morale descend
One Boston day, it's sad to say
A newborn child was granted miserable life
Abandoned by his father and
Left
alone by death of father's wife
Foster child
Tobacco exporter gave him a chance
History defiled
Twisted by literature,
dark and opium enhanced
Irregularity
So far ahead of his time
A spark of a breed
Regarding all of his literature
creed
Infamy of tales and poetry
Connecting his themes to his wildest dreams
The maelstrom grew but no one knew
He
descended far beyond its spinning walls
Into the pit, the black abyss
His house was collapsing as he searched for El
Dorado
Perched upon Pallas was life, hard and callous
The shadows of burden lifted nevermore
The vulture eye of death
concealed
By wooden planks below the floor
The quest for solace evolved into sorrow
Lingering obsessions
Intoxication,
stimulation, creation
Hindering addictions
Apparently the message in a bottle was lost
For I could see no conclusion
But
all of us remaining in the shrouded past
Must remember to further ourselves by obtrusion
Inebriated grin leads the mighty
pen
Across the paper as his fears come alive
Satiric whim ignites the brim
Of insanity as Pluto arrives
Swaying cognac
barriers
And the beating of his hideous heart
Increasing ever so constantly
Conjuring the ne'er forgotten lore
'Tis only this
and nothing more
Nevermore
Lightning bolts
Tearing through his house and soul
Mental gibes
Darkness hailed in what he's
told
Eternally infatuated with despair
Fortunado leads the way to fermented pleasures
But as the cup of drink is
met
The hour tolls and the Red Death guest reveals
In a kingdom by the sea
Is where they left beloved thee
The time has
come to join, my dear
In your kingdom by the sea
Hear the toll of the iron bells!