la bella regina assassina

She’s a queen

Feminine aura

A hybrid

She’s flora

Mixed in

With fauna

Majestic

Prestigious

Richly adorned

The exquisite

Exterior

Of her form

Is sprawled

In prickly thorns

She’s monolithic

And all the

Kingdoms

Adore her

She receives

Visits from

Foreigners

From those

Living

In villages

Provinces

 Cities

Different corners

Of the earth

 Even princes

Mystics, pixies

And fauns

Magicians

And sorcerers

All bring gifts

To give her

As honour

She can

Grant wishes

 But be warned

For she can

Be vicious

And slaughter

All of your family

Sons, brothers

Sisters

And daughters

A deadly kiss

From her lips

Will send you

On a quick

One-way trip

To the morgue

“A poisonous death”

The verdict

From the coroner

She lives

In the forest

Hidden

But soaks

In the light

That the sun

Emits

In the summer

You can come

And sit

If you wanna

Beneath her

Towering structure

In the cool

Of her shade,

We’ll have

A picnic

For supper

Up come

The blackbirds

Goldfinches

And others

All gathered

Into a cluster

Let’s not

Move an inch

Else they’ll flinch

And then flutter

We sleep

In her quilt

Her leaves

Are the cover

For hours

We silently

Slumber

Till we’re awoken

By rain

It violently

Thunders

We sit there

Cowering under

The quilt

While she

Drinks in

The moisture

When full

She glimmers

Like a pearl

Within an oyster  

The water falls

It trickles

Drips to our lap

It tickles

So we snigger

And laugh

After her

Ritual bath

 The sun pours

Through her pores

The rays split

And refract

As if through

A prism

Visitors pass

And witness her

Shimmer with

Flashing light

The rain caused

Her leaves

To be lush

So insects

Come crawling

The bees

And the bugs

As they come

We leave

But she speaks

 Imparting

A secret to us

We would

Tell you

But we’d be

Guilty

Of breaching

Her trust

Plus

It’d be treason

For she’s a queen

So we must

Not tell you

Ever

We’ll take

The solemn

Mystery

 To our graves

Deep in the dust