TAKE THE THRONE So ...

TAKE THE THRONE

So you want the throne?

Take the throne,

Do you think it was a seat I asked to sit?

Take the throne,

That it’s steel was grown around me? Like the rain and mud and silt?

Take the throne,

No. It was; The rust, the dagger & the unholy ilk.

Take the throne,

My gift to you & all that we have known, Part a legacy, Part my blood & grit & bone.

Take the throne,

By the sword and the sickle, I embrace your heresy, If you’ve got what it takes,

Take the throne.

By Laurence Fuller, 2022