The Dark Prince

Had you been crushed in your Father’s embrace and calmed with His kiss
Would you have remained a Dark Prince?
As a pearl cast into the dust of the earth you were discarded;
In coarse hands your smooth beauty lay bruised.
Given up to teachers of darkness
Your heart was blackened and your soul robbed of light.
Spurned by your father you walked into a stranger’s arms.
In perverse hands you laid your blessing;
To devilish design you dedicated your gift.
Flames of hell lit your princely face
As you strode wielding death and destruction.
Now your great fire is spent, your glory utterly disfigured.
You lie in the quiet of your agony, an outcome of a divine purpose.
For Heaven did speak and hell did reply.

-Samuel Godfrey George