Sense Sonnet - Acher

 The Good Swallow

The Happy Prince had lived a life

Where only happiness he knew.

He had known no sadness from strife.

Upon his death his knowledge grew,

As from his statue he could see

The sadness that his people had

Suffering from great poverty.

The spirit of the Prince was sad.

And so the Prince with swallow's aid

Gave all the Prince's  riches for

The poor, and thus passage was paid

For a royal trip to heaven's door.

The swallow truly deserved such,

But Prince to heaven, not so much.