Long Live the Queen

She sat in her quarters, starring at herself in the mirror.  She picks up her brush and gently applies rose-colored blush onto her cheeks.  ‘What have I done,’ she thinks to herself.  'So many lives have been lost, so many tears have been shed.’  She paused her thoughts to think aloud.  “My kingdom has fallen,” her maids began to cry, but she choked back the sadness to appear strong.  She stood and her maids dressed her in her finest clothes.  Her chamber door opened, “we are ready your highness,” a man sad looking down at his feet.  They placed a crown on top of her head and the queen walked out of the room.  As she walked down the hallway everyone bowed at her.  All she could think about was her people, and how she had failed them.  Finally she stood behind a closed curtain that would open her to a new future and she was afraid.  Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, the curtains opened and the first thing she saw was the block.  The wooden platform she stood on was drenched in water, reminding her of the sweet smelling rain that fell every spring.  They walked her to the block; she looked around in the crowd, witnessing the terror stretched across her peoples’ faces.  She was using all her strength to maintain her strong appearance.  The executioner knelt before the queen, “do you forgive me?”  He asked with true compassion.  She nodded her head raising the man by his chin.  The executioner bowed once more and guided the queen to the block.  As she knelt she couldn’t hold back her feelings any longer.  Tears rushed down her face, causing her sight to blur.  She managed to get one last look at the crowd and whispered, “God save them.”  She watched a little girl in the crowd shield her eyes as she felt the coldest breeze she ever felt on her neck.  She felt a facial impact and opened her eyes, only to see her headless body twitching on the block.   

Reviews

[Alice Thompson]

This was a really emotional piece and i could not take my eyes away from it, which is surprising because i have been reading course work for hours; I think it is the intertwining of the queen's physical journey to the block and her mental journey gives the text a stirring sense of direction.

[kemi owa]

Okay I don't know whether to say 'so sad' or 'lol' probably both, very nice. I felt the queens emotions. The end was funny though. The part that she saw her head twitching.

[Riska]

Thanks for your comment! Lol it was just a fast idea, good to know though!