Those three words beheld her life, more than simply haunting. Held aloft on a throne. Empress. Saint. Herald. Bringing the billions under her rule into a bright future, filled with conquest, luxury, and power.
At the precipice of ultimate glory she hesitated. Why? Why should she? What had these people done to deserve any of what she’d won for them? They’d placed her on a pedestal and told her to dance. For decades, she had done just that. But no more. She turned.
In the annals of history she is recorded as thus; Usurper. Despoiler. Harbinger.
Paddy Dobson
30th November 2023