The walk of a queen

The Walk of a Queen

I walk, dragging my feet,

a weight too heavy for my spirit to bear.

Every breath feels like a burden,

every step like sinking deeper into an abyss.

I once was my mother’s pride,

the light in my father’s eyes

a child who commanded attention without trying.

The elders wished their daughters were like me,

little girls wanted to be me.

But now, I’m nothing but a shadow of who I was.

I flew too high, too far,

became something the world wasn’t ready to understand.

A different breed,

too bold, too fierce,

and they feared what I had become.

Like the phases of the moon, I changed

and with that change, I was shunned.

Friends vanished,

and I was left to walk this world alone,

where the poor devour the weak,

and I was left to wither, forgotten.

As I near the shop,

I feel the life draining from me.

Is this how it ends?

My story unraveling into nothingness,

my worth slipping through my fingers like sand.

I wonder if my money will even stretch

for a meal tonight,

for us.

Inside the shop, the shelves taunt me.

The chicken I eye seems so small,

its price too high.

The shop assistant greets me

his voice breaks through my thoughts,

offering fresh beef I can’t afford.

Shame grips me as I ask for a single portion of chicken,

but his eyes don’t judge.

He sees me.

Not as a failure,

but as human.He hands me a few vegetables,

kindness where I expected none.

And in that moment,

something in me shifts.

I walk out of the shop

but this time, my steps are different.

Lighter, stronger.

The weight I carried begins to lift.

This is not the end of me.

I am still here, If the shop assistant can see me, respect me then there must be something left.

I'm still breathing,

I'm alive.

There is more to this life than I had allowed myself to see.I walk with new purpose,

each step a reclaiming of my strength.

I will rise from this

I will walk,

I will run,

I will fly.

I will be the queen I was meant to be.

And my little prince will learn from me

from my pain, from my resilience,

from my will to keep moving forward.I arrive home,

but my journey has just begun.

The road ahead stretches far,

but I am ready to face it.

For this walk was only the beginning,

and I will not stop

until I reign.

And even in my reign I'll keep moving forward.