A Queen's Woe

A tale of Marie Antoinette in the beginning of her marriage.

Like snow,

The powder rains through the air,

A crown no more than word,

Of perfumed whims and silver tongued remarks,

A true husband I should seek,

My own no more than a portrait,

Whose oily eyes and crooked teeth,

Bare no more a rush than a watered down wine,

For all my silks,

And wigs of spun gold,

His eyes travel past thee,

Unto the stables where a fertile mare waits,

And my pale bosom turns to a pointed sword,

Covered with roses and a fool's jig,

Plagued by the ever looming cross of a fearsome God,

A marriage I fear,

Shall never consummate. 

Reviews

[TL Boehm]

Ok you're awesome. I normally hesitate a bit when engaging those writers with a "persona" simply because I am raw - unfiltered and well....a bit to gritty for most to tolerate but I think I adore you (in a platonic - writer to writer respectful kind of way.
I always felt Marie got a bad deal - her husband was ineffective - a puppet and she was groomed for a life style most could not fathom yet her legacy shows her as haughty and cruel. This was a stellar write. Just a peek into her soul...I actually wanted more - but the poem is splendid

[Anne Bathory]

Why thank you!
I don't really consider my profile much of a persona, more of a spur of the moment, I can't think of a name to pick kind of ordeal.
But I have to agree, Marie definitely get the short end of the stick but I can also pity her husband as well. For a man of his stature and in that era, many believe he was gay considering from Marie's personal letters in regards to how long it took him to consummate the marriage. As well as the fact he was inconspicuously always around the stable and took particular interest in the servants working there. It must have been quite a lot to deal with those kinds of demons in such a judgmental era, also the fact that his mother was a hawk breathing down his neck couldn't have helped.

[TL Boehm]

I remember reading that too. He was an odd sort...

[A. Amos]

This is powerful, deep and amazingly interesting....i loved it

[SyberRose]

Enjoyed this... nicely done and well crafted Anne...very creative:)

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Indeed one to cherish and understand indept, well done.

[Sami Khalil]

A splendid read and write ...I like your great style ...:)