FINE PRINT

Scribbles on the parchment, soul and heart entwined in ink,
paradise's title deed mortgaged with banker angel,
claimed a castle in the middle of track home labyrinth
crown of paper snugly fits a brow beaten by life
convinced to have staked a realm of rule amid debt's tyrant lord.

Shudders awaken in the night from flaws in dream throne,
which brings summit meeting with home loan guardians,
trust shattered when demon smirking counselor
speaks of "fine print" facts that render one's monarchy as impotent,
leaving defeated to purgatory reality, never aware facts were a bluff.