Sonnet for a Somber Sovereign


  • She sits on a throne of dogged desire,
  • Having reclaimed the worth once held so near;
  • A perfected vision of her empire,
  • Rule of her sole world of the cavalier.
  • The road here was pavéd in misery,
  • Personal mire of unparalleled strife;
  • Felicity, a burning memory,
  • Alone, a rekindled passion for life.
  • And yet she finds there's still plenty to do,
  • Her resolve remains indefeasible;
  • Roots of spurious desire are but moot,
  • As is the power of such principle.
  • But what of him? thy verse left unfinished,
  • Beloved, your loose ends she hadn't wished.