Beauty and the Unpublished Author

Far away in a little town tucked in the corner of a map Lives the girl who ruined his heart And broke his life While with him she would smile and laugh so sweet Tender as only she could be In his heart she lit even the corners so deep With time she became his definition of life In all he did he had her in mind Life wasn’t life without him seeing her smile As moments grew into weeks The flower of his heart started to reveal its wilt In her eyes no longer was the sparkle he was used to seeing Winds carried awful odour of their disorder Tales went round of her illicit exploits behind the counter The man with the shop at the corner savoured all the honey she offered At first he dismissed the whispers with laughter But soon he discovered he was the only one on the other side of reality’s border Yes indeed, another prince had taken over Trouble was how sincerely he loved her Problem was that even she had only love to offer Issue was he hadn’t yet sold a dime of the books he authored