A Simple Story

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And so the story begins with a great king of enormous wealth and power Power so great, it seemed to get the king anything he desired Yet, there was one desire which remained unfulfilled The king's desire for immortality The king was not so naieve to think that he could live forever But wished that he would be eternally remembered One by one however, his attempts to be remembered failed And his wife bore him a single daughter, and immediately fell ill after her birth As his wife passed away, he declared he would not love again As time passed, his earthly monument showed signs of decay Soon afterwards, he too showed signs of life's corrosion So he called forth all of the wise men in his kingdom to each bring their truth and their wisdom Each, however, failed to stand against refutation As time passed, the king began to think that the immortal truth was an impossible wish So he borded himself in a remote wing of his palace with orders for no one to disturb him unless they brought him an answer to his wish And so there the king stayed, alone, waiting for death's innevitable call This was until one day a wise man came forth to the isolated king and declared This too, in time, shall pass