Her World...

The Vintage Festival by Sir Laurence Alma Tadema

Is vast and unassuming,
a place where
the unpredictable always happens,
adventure, magic, desire, drama,
and the Queen rules,
causing unsuspecting travelers,
tired and weary
to take shelter
in her palace and dreams
The fountains soothe them,
the wine and food fulfil
and the warmth satisfies.
But travelers must travel,
so they thank the Queen,
apologise for misleading her
into thinking they would stay,
never once asking
if she would like to leave
the golden domes
of that perfect splendor world
to an unknown land,
where she would be
just an ordinary peasant girl,
sweat and dirt in the day
and at night, sleep in loving arms,
not once asking,
not once knowing,
that she would gladly do so,
knowing well,
her magic world can create castles
of riches and plentiful
even in hot arid deserts,
even in cold harsh winters,
even in flooded flash fields,
of love and comfort
even in a land
where love never survived before.