#clern

Born near a dumpster,

Left there to rot.

Man in a suit

Found what he sought.

Boy with red hair

Grew taller from age.

Man with a whip

Kept the boy caged.

Man made of greed

Laughed at the sight-

Boy made of love

Drowned with plight.

Boy saw a mirror,

Stared at his face.

Tears filled his eyes;

Discovered hate.

His mother a jackel?

His father a beast?

Saw pointed ears,

Saw jagged teeth.

Broke the mirror,

Poor child was weak.

Covered his face

To hide the freak.

Man with the mustache

Seemed to be pleased.

Freak was a clown;

Set up to be teased.

Home always traveled.

Pain seemed to smolder.

Man stood on wealth,

Poor child felt colder.

Boy turned to man,

Hiding with paint.

Clown with a smile

Broken with hate.

Days grew darker.

Clown had a job.

Gave out balloons,

Pleased the snob.

Girl with blonde hair,

Insane blue eyes,

Met the clown

Before she died.

Clown of sadness

Fallen in love;

Girl of madness

Came from above.

Man with a gun

Filled with disgust,

Punished the clown;

Did what he must.

Escaped from the circus,

Free from the man.

Mind on the girl

To ask for her hand.

Clown full of love

Searched for the girl.

What did he find?

Death of a pearl.

Clouds full of rain

Ignored by the clown,

Found the coffin

Low to the ground.

Only one there;

No friends, nor family.

Coffin abandoned.

Picture of beauty:

Girl taken from life;

Piercing blue eyes.

Clown on his knees;

Only one cried.

Rain poured forever;

Tapped the coffin.

Heart had been shattered,

Tears never stoppin’.

Longing to see her,

Never returned.

Sat on the tracks

Left undisturbed.

Clown of depression;

Crushed by grief

Waited for Death;

Life-stealing thief.

Long came a whistle,

Tracks were to shake.

Train came huffing;

Sighed too late.

Clown shut his eyes,

Expecting the train.

Train came running,