The Sovereign Queen

The Sovereign Queen

By Ayaz Angus Landman

The Queen

My Sovereign

Is gone

Quietening the dawn chorus

And dimming the sun

But sovereignty I know

Is not in blood nor limb

Nor an entitlement

But a presence

A radiance

Endowed

From The Beyond

And like the high alter

Safeguarded

By this suffering servant

Awaiting my claim

Waiting for me

Grubby and dishevelled

If necessary

To steal in like a thief

And say

“This Is Mine …because I Am You…”