Captive Queen, In The Wholeness Of Love A Kingdom Be (24, Conclusion) Poem by Captain Cur

Captive Queen, In The Wholeness Of Love A Kingdom Be (24, Conclusion)



On green and golden fields I walk with thee
Pausing beneath the shadow of a tree,
Whose leaves are absorbing the sun's hot rays
where we rest in ease on this pleasant day.
I know these things to be not what they seem
I walking with thee in a waking dream;
If I could remain never would I wake
With thee, my queen, in endless walks to take.
With thy fingers stroking the verdant grass
We soon rise and scale the high mountain pass
Together creating scenes of immense
Pleasure in colors delighting the senses;
Alive, vivid, in portraits of desire
Expansive landscapes tinged with golden fire,
Mountains of red rock framed against the blue
Ever climbing till their peaks retreat from view
Canvassed with layers of white cloud drifts
The mountains straining appearing to lift
Themselves from their earthly bonds creating
Gapping chasms where they once stood, quaking
As they move hither to new realms staking
Out claims and reestablishing footholds,
Perhaps in climes not as barren or cold.
And I with thee, no longer chained or bound
Freed from the burdens of thy heavy crown.
But so much more could I create for thee
In the wholeness of love a kingdom be
And in this wholeness a sovereign light
Illuminating the span of immortal night,
This immortal night in wholeness with thee
Where even the mountains long to be free.
I place my claim around this peaceful rill
And grasp time in my hand and hold it still
That thou might breathe today in freest breath
Escaping the grip of purposeless death,
Death that came to thee on that fated day
And stole thou from me, imprisoned away,
I feel the soft touch of thy hand in mine
Releasing ourselves to the wretchedness of time.

Thursday, February 13, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: death,knight,letters,medieval love,queen,story
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
" Captive Queen" is a multi-part poetic story written in iambic pentameter. It chronicles the story of a Queen usurped from power and held prisoner, a prisoner of both love and fate. The poem is comprised of letters written to her by her hopeful lover and dutiful Knight who attempts to free his Queen and restore her Kingdom to its former glory.On the day her kingdom was attacked Queen Ilyana was murdered by her half brother. She was not in a physical prison but was held a prisoner of death. Knight Periden in his letters seemed unaware of her death and also his own, because he too had been slain defending his Queen. It has been said there is aKingdom in a great mountain range ruled byA Queen and a wandering Knight. One year later on the date of Queen Ilyana's death, a sage was givenaudience by the new King. He presented to theKing these letters written by Knight Periden after his death. King Gulieve recognized the dead voice of Knight Periden and tormented by that voice and his own guilt killed himself that evening.The letters were discovered in the King's chamber, preserved and entered as historical evidence in the annals of the Kingdom. Queen Ilyanaand Knight Periden have become legendary figuressharing a love even death could not separate.
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