Burn him

There was a boy once
who wished to travel and have fun
the boy who came to every town
looking for a fear he could drown

He walked the earth and spent his days
looking at the stars and looking at the haze
and in his quest to see the world
there was this town he came upon

The people there were really kind
all concerned with everyday life
and so the boy looking to fight
begun to talk of all he'd seen while travelling the seas

The people there were simple in mind
they couldn't grasp a beauty so divine
so together with the mayor and the priest
they decided to go ahead and just burn him

In the central square the people gathered
to burn the evil traveller
who spoke of such great things
it must have been magic

The boy so scared to take the blame
of being smart and disobey
his travels all he renounced
in hope that his life he would save

And on the stage as he stood
waiting the council to overrule
what they could have never understood
he started talking of the things
that got him where he was

And so this young explorer died
trying to make simple, divine
of things that never hide

'till this one day if you walk
and travel far around the globe
you might come along a town
with people friendly and polite
and they will tell you that he died
because he thought that he could fly