A Maiden’s Choice

The fair maiden sits, pondering life,

her ornate room aglow from the sun.

Everything she has become haunts her,

the things she must do lurk before her.

The staff in her hands, it assures her;

nothing could deter her determination.

A princess, a future ruler is what she was born,

but today she will step away from it all.

The craftsman who built the staff she grips,

has stolen her heart, unintentional at first.

She requested he decorate her room,

using only the most beautiful of woods.

The craftsman was lured into the forbidden.

A relationship with the future queen of the land.

The maiden sat pondering her next move,

for in her hands, she holds the future of three.