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Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption V

Queen of trees
Queen of Trees / Illustration by Lekha Murali/created on Sketchpad-IO

Redemption V

Her feet divided and multiplied into infinite tentacles,
That slithered and writhed
Grew longer and longer,
Until they found their grip
As they entrenched the rich, brown earth.

Her hands splintered into copious branches. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption V” →

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June 29, 2015December 6, 2020ballad, fantasy, porous heart, redemption, unhappy queen4 Comments
Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption IV

Unhappy Queen
Unhappy Queen with Porous Heart / Illustration by Lekha Murali

Redemption IV

Each time the wind brought,
The languished cry of an abandoned child
She broke off a tormented sliver from her brittle heart,
Offered it to the gods and prayed the child be rescued.

The gods in their heavens, heard her woeful pleas, Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption IV” →

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June 23, 2015December 6, 2020ballad, fantasy, porous heart, redemption, unhappy queen
Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption III

Redemption III

The spin-top tree sighed and fell silent.
He delved into his oceanic mind
After a day and night of deep deliberation,
He finally spoke
In a voice, soothing as caress,

‘My dear queen,’ he said softly,
‘As sad as your story is,
As genuine the need for answers
It’s hard to know what happened eons ago,
For it has been that long since you arrived in our tiny world. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption III” →

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June 16, 2015December 6, 2020ballad, fantasy, porous heart, redemption, unhappy queen, wisdom2 Comments
Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption II

Redemption II

Affected by his warmth,
She opened her heart
Laid her burdens at his paternal feet

She spoke of her brutal callousness,
Of a mother’s selfish heart,
Of her arduous journey
Of the thousand deaths her flesh endured
About her heart that became porous and brittle,
As she returned to the folds of humanity. Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption II” →

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June 9, 2015December 6, 2020ballad, fantasy, porous heart, redemption, unhappy queen
Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart

The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption I

spin-top tree
The spin-top tree/illustration by Lekha Murali

Redemption I

The spin-top tree –
The wisest of trees
That bore perfectly spherical flowers
That was also its fruit.

As timeless as the hills that bore him
He stood on his roots,
On the banks of the whispering brook
Like a solitary hermit on his lonely leg – Continue reading “The Unhappy Queen with a Porous Heart – Redemption I” →

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June 2, 2015December 6, 2020ballad, benevolence, fantasy, porous heart, redemption, unhappy queen, wisdom
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