See all the maidens in pain Sealed in luxury on the edge of the moon Fair flowers forced to love their chains Who feign affections for the Sun King
They're weeping in the shadows And dream a dream of love Forever bound and shackled Only to rise above
To excel, they must all shed blood Monthly moons and out Shed a tear for the flowers in the prison
Though beauties spout and bud round them They smile and sing to the Sun King's chime Beneath the petals, they covet his rays How hopeless you are, vagaries of time
Just like the Sun is King, the moon is his queen In arrogance, he doesn't see the flowers envy For they needed him to grow and rise above it all So they tend to their weeds Knowing if they are caught They will burn and fall...
Poem I wrote today based on a documentary I watched.