An Old One

Free verse

AN OLD ONE...

 

An old one 
  comes to her garden
  surveys the tiny plot

She is at once
  the Queen of Shebah
  Cleopatra
  Nerfertiti
A grand owner of substance
Important as a government
  making observations
  comparisions from memory
  decisions
  to be carried out

Seems to be recognized
  by the orange and yellow daffodils
  she rules
  as they bow to her in the wind

Brushes soil from her fingertips
  in a royal manner
  hands on her hips
  back arched back,
  like so,
with great satisfaction
  a creator