Thursday, September 8, 2022

The first Elizabeth

 a face of pale

the white washed cheeks

hidden from the jealous sun

that thought it was the center

lips of dripping red

the petals thrown before her feet

the pools and streams

and tides and seas of crimson flow

for her heart, her hand, her words

a collar lace

encasing great power

in blooming standard

a nation's rose who yields

both beauty and thorns

and is trimmed as so

each plant in its place 

in the monarch's garden

a heart forsaken

yet its chambers wise

which bled for her children

and was laid on the stone altar

for its own sacrifice of yore 

for time and time again

a woman must give up all

and truly be alone

to wield scepter, crown and throne 




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