New Queen Of Liberty
© Surazeus
2026 09 01

Hair red as dawn sunlight on treeless hill,
Celta closes her eyes against gray gloom
and whispers through rose-petal lips wyrd spell
that conjures urgent vision of the stream
swirling around her pale legs in moon rings
dire wisdom of ravens on star-black wings.

Curling slender fingers of freckled hands
to spool kinetic flash of energy
in taut dynamic coil of spiral bands,
Celta chants pulsing words of empathy
that shields her wounded heart with firm resolve
to search for love where time-blind angels delve.

Frail spirit inside ruins of stone walls,
where her grandmother reigned as jeweled queen
in grand castle destroyed by cannon balls,
Celta strains attentive core of her mind
to hear and comprehend fear-puzzled thoughts
her ancestors hid in wave-battered boats.

Entranced by inner beauty of her soul
that emanates through gray glow of her eyes,
Corbin emerges from sea-fetid swirl
and offers red apple from dreamless maze,
so Celta consumes sweet tears of the sun
while pacing round stones of the weedy lawn.

While Corbin kisses her with tender care
and whispers oath to guard her sacred soul,
Petrus entraps her with his greedy glare
to proclaim she will perform regal role
as bride of his hearth, then orders his men
to arrest Corbin with strong legal chain.

Caged in grand court hall of the greedy king,
Corbin watches wedding of his Rose Queen,
heart aching when Celta wears diamond ring,
whose eyes gleam when she drinks gold grail of wine,
then ascends stairs with him to tower room
where she will execute his fateful doom.

When Celta returns with white hands stained red,
holding severed head of the tyrant high,
the people cheer and celebrate her deed,
proclaiming her new Queen of Liberty,
then free Corbin who gives her jeweled crown
that glitters when she reigns in blood-stained gown.

Though Petrus destroyed castle of her home
and controlled fertile land of her lost clan,
Celta restores her state with Spell of Doom
to rule her people with generous hand,
assisted by brave Raven of her Heart,
who protects her through code of their star chart.

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Orpheus attends court of Celta and Corbin where he strums lyre of Mercury and sings ballad about the evil tyrant Petrus and his ignominious defeat.

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