it takes patience to be the queen
regal fortitude from sources unseen.
to lay in weight
cooly gazing at the cast
of dull suitors
before your hand.
but you cannot be hurried.
it takes vision to be the queen,
beyond the moment at hand,
allied with forces unseen.
beyond the fortress walls,
beyond the ways things have been done,
beyond the scope of instant gratification
and shallow pleasures.
it takes courage to be the queen,
relying on nothing but joy unseen.
staging a scene
on a thrown of your own.
daring to be bigger than the lay of the land.
humbled by the breath of each new day granted.
on the cusp of complete unknown.
photo by amanda martin, @lifeforcephotography