once upon a time there lived a queen

[herbalina]

forty thousand years spent in a castle made of silver and gold and precious stones

she was so alone

she said "i'm old and grey and cold
and although my family crest
proclaims this home
i renounce my majestic throne
of everything
i am letting go"

she stormed through the night and took the raincloud
stormed through the day and shook the sea
darkness her shadow outlines sunlight
burning with love she folds into energy

forty thousand years again passed by along the mountainside
people gathered far and wide to see
the ancient queen
as still as can be
beneath the lotus tree
she said "i'm free of you and me
and like the river to the sea
endlessly, so endlessly
i'm emptying"