Finality

Like cracking a smile no one will see.
The coming of a king, never to be.
The national anthem of a forgotten empire.
The dousing of the burning pyre.
The enunciation of a silent dove.
Rekindling of a dead end "love."
Ending of a lifelong dream.
When everything tears at the seams.
Standing at the gallows end.
The epistle with no good message to send.
The bodies of the defenseless, piled.
The only thing with meaning, defiled.