Bruised by the crown

Here I am! Last year I was so sad about not being able to complete napo but this year even though I know it is a busy month for me I will try my best cause even though I consider myself more of a prose reader and writer, I also have a love for poetry and especially napo!

Goal is 1 poem a day and trying the narrative style of poetry!

past napo threads~

Spoiler

The end of the 14th year of me - 2023
We too, ik tress can shake off our dead leaves and begin - 2021

All the best Alice! I believe in you <3 Amazing cover and great topics 👑

Napo- 2

Silence of the Palace

That night when the palace slept, with grieve filled depth of silence
I was awake as I always have, eyes restless in search of answers
The weight I carried within, had no place in the ears of the palace
It reeked of secrets, sounds of distrust and sight of miseries

My eyes follow the moonlight,
as it hides from the shadows of the night

Its white glow on mother’s skin
The calmness contrasted with her wild eyes
She is here, like always with her face drawn toward the sky
The delicate fiery orange embracing her silhouette

I have long believed she could fly with wings she kept concealed
The palace was blind to not see her hiding it under her smile
The flight she intended long back
But was she to leave me all alone
I didn’t have the slightest fear
But she left, she really did
She no longer looks back from the window.

Napo-3

Awakening of the Phoenix queen

awakened to the damned day
princess will sleep in mirage forever
breathing only in the legends
she too will be remembered
a hope lingers
wanting not to be forgotten
like a dream among many
it is time for her to follow
to fit in the footsteps
stained by blood
traced by sacrifice
tomorrow the princess dies
it will be her last slumber
she too will be lost to ashes
like her foremothers
The Phoenix queen will be born
birthed by the fire

Nice one!! Forgot to comment on the last one, but they're both great, I love the ongoing story here ^^

Napo-4

The crown

closing my eyes i drift back to a memory, a child’s dream,
the desire for it once turned her into a silent thief.
into the royal room, where Father had Mother in his gentle arms
sneaking with its glitters in her eyes, she held the crown for the first time

in the mirror, she saw herself from a different sight
as she placed it on her head, it felt heavy like a broken heart.

opening my eyes, i replay the memory in my mind again
mother had caught me, i remember her blank eyes
seeing through my soul, the desire of the young girl
the dreams she knew very close

The sounds, their hopes are too loud
I cannot take in any more

I am Dina, not your queen,
I am a neverending rain, not the flame
I am weak, like a bleeding limb
I am not worthy, the silence screamed

(I really like the different directions you took the regal theme in these Alice! This would definitely be a collection to return to when you're feeling in the poetry mood! Fun-reads and fun-concept!

I liked the idea of the "Phoenix Queen" especially!

it will be her last slumber
she too will be lost to ashes
like her foremothers
The Phoenix queen will be born
birthed by the fire

Ahhh! Goosebumps.

Thank you @alliyah

sadly I wasn't able to complete Napo or write many poems but Dina's story is definitely an exciting project for me!