Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Queen Zenobia

Zenobia, Palmyra's Queen,

Had dared to break from Roman rule.

Rome's armies marched to intervene.

The Queen came under ridicule

For going against the empire

Of Rome and so the city of

Palmyra was besieged in fire.

The Queen surrendered out of love

For her city, accepting fate

She knew her conquerors would give,

Bound in chains to humiliate,

Then sentenced to no longer live.

Of her city, the Queen's last look,

Then the axe fell and her head took.