FREEDOM!

By Linda Wigzell Cress

Sat, 05 Nov 2011

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The King is dead – Long Live The Queen!
Now all she does is scrub and clean
And polish til she sees no trace
Of what was once a well-loved face.
Nigh sixty years abused, repressed –
Perhaps some wrongs can be redressed.
Maybe she can reclaim her life
And be more than a battered wife!
He chased away her friends and kin –
But now he’s gone and cannot win.
And so she scrubs til she feels clean –
The King is dead – Long Live The Queen!

Certificate 15

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Fantastic :) Really enjoyed

Permalink Submitted by russiandoll on Sat, 2011-11-05 17:20

Fantastic :) Really enjoyed - well done.

new Linda Wigzell Cress Fab:

Permalink Submitted by Cavalcader on Sat, 2011-11-05 17:51

new Linda Wigzell Cress Fab: Well done! All the best the comp: julie x

I like the piece and the

Permalink Submitted by Dave Flanagan on Sat, 2011-11-05 18:37

I like the piece and the fact that it speaks of hope, but I can't shake the feeling that after sixty years of being trapped it'll be one feisty lady who can reclaim her life? All the best :-)

Loved this...a lifetime of

Permalink Submitted by Miss Polly on Thu, 2011-11-10 01:01

Loved this...a lifetime of control and good riddance summed up exquisitely.

Thanks for all comments. If

Permalink Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on Tue, 2012-02-14 12:03

Thanks for all comments. If anyone interested, my later poem 'STILL THAT POOR SAD LITTLE BOY' explains what went before this poem.

Linda

Just read this one because

Permalink Submitted by Denzella on Sun, 2012-06-03 10:21

Just read this one because I have just re-read A Sad Little Boy. This is great but the prequel is monumental! Moya