Let me tell you all a small little sad story;
a story so hilarious yet so painfully gory
Let me tell you all about a simple good clown;
who just wanted to serve, wasn’t after glory
The clown worked in a big grand circus;
so grand, it made all a little bit nervous
The circus encompassed all the reality;
seemingly having no rhyme, no purpose
The cold-hearted circus was focused on fun;
ignoring all sadness, it was so fixated on pun
The darkness was abhorred in the favor of light;
the night was ignored, it worshipped the sun
The clown was so happy, but only on the outside;
his eyes telling the cruel truth, while his face lied
Riding the high waves of senseless mirth and joy;
his sadness was a small and silently breathing tide
Hiding his sadness with a smile so open and bright;
was something he had learnt just like a true knight
Being unhappy inside, yet beaming always with joy;
was an art he had practiced hard, each day and night
His act drew huge crowds, it made people laugh;
being fired from a cannon, his act was only a gaffe
He flew across the pavilion, landing safely on a net;
the powderless kind cannon not cutting him in half
One day, while the clown was performing his act;
he saw a lovely vision, no dream but a glaring fact
She was an acrobat, who swam gracefully in the air;
her magical eyes avoiding his, making no contact
The clown grabbed his chest, lowering his guard;
about to explode, his heart throbbing so very hard
Unbeknownst to his senses, he had fallen in love;
but it wasn’t beautiful, the reality was all scarred
He watched the girl for long, savoring her image;
vision overwhelmed, his senses taxing his courage
What to do and how to do? He thought so hard;
his sanity in wild chaos, all thoughts in scrimmage
So many days had passed, she occupied his mind;
so many nights had passed, his fate was all signed
His heart was wrecked forever, there wasn’t a way;
love is neither a salvation, nor it is ever any kind
Then one fateful day, the clown decided to act;
approaching the girl bravely, he forgot all tact
‘I love you’ – he just blurted out the three words;
like he was just finishing signing of some pact
She looked at him for long and then laughed out aloud;
‘I waited for love so long and ignored the whole crowd’
She looked at him with distaste and said the words;
‘look how the God punishes me for being so damn proud’
‘A clown He sends me?’ She looked up at the sky;
‘A clown He sends me!’ She then started to cry
‘Why am I so unfortunate?’ She questioned herself;
‘Why a clown was to love me?’ She asked with a sigh
‘I love you and want to make you happy!’ he plead;
‘I love you and want to save you from pain and dread!’
‘Don’t doubt my words my love! For they are all true’
‘I will serve and love you till I stop living and fall dead’
‘Either stay at my side or I decide to banish you forever ’
She said after a while, in a steady voice, no single tremor
‘Stay at my side and stay till I decide to leave one day’
‘But I will never love you back – you may cry or act clever’
The clown just bent his head, he had decided to stay;
but something just broke inside him that fateful day
The clown lost all his laughter, he lost all his smiles;
his face was still painted in colours, just white and grey