Boadicea

BOADICEA FIRST STANZA Boadicea! Oh Boadicea! I mourn for you! Since the day you left us Our lives has been blue To defend Britain from the Romans You laid down your life And saved your people from the Butcher’s knife Liberty and justice was all that you desire And till this very day It is your courage that we admire You raised a mighty army To protect us all And then raced to serve your country at the clarion call You commanded a large cavalry With horsemen and spears And you won so many victories Which brought us joy and tears? You avenged yourself on the beasts Who ravished your daughters! And for the flogging you received at the Legion’s quarters You dared to confront Caesar’s javelin rain An audacity that will someday cost you pain And even with a long spear You could not cheat time and fate And you were afflicted with the manifestation of man’s hate On the day of your birth I saw the aurora borealis An omen that your life will be filled with tribulation and malice But your heart remains pure and white Like the Lily of the Valley Shepherdess of Britain who runs around the field like a collie Oh Boadicea! I can see the sun shining on your face As your soul ascends to a higher place SECOND STANZA Oh!Boadicea! Oh! Boadicea! Fair queen robed in colorful tunic Who strikes down her foes! At a speed that is supersonic Her red hair And piercing glare Matched the golden necklace that she wear She stood over 6 feet And this caused quite a scare From afar I can hear the songs of war And the drums of hostilities beating With the opening of death’s door The clanging swords The blocking shields Enemies fall And some take to their heels Heads roll And blood flow And at night I could see the fireflies glow Pigs flew As her anger grew Determined to destroy Suetonius and his crew Boadicea will return to take her rightful place Over a thousand years have passed And I can still see her on every woman’s face If to stand by one’s beliefs will cost you suffering Then you must make the necessary sacrifice And give the desired offering For a struggle need not end With the demise of its leader Because we can always chose a successor From the branches of Cedar And rise once again to retake our glorious land With a sword in your hand And united we stand Bodicea! History will remember that courageous woman Who wanted to be treated like every other human! Boadicea! Oh Boadicea! I mourn for you!