She gazed with fear,
Terrible sounds she could hear.
The sirens wailed,
The ship still sailed.
‘He would protect us’,
The captain shouted to prevent the fuss.
People gathered on the deck,
Her father was hanged by the neck.
The enemies celebrated at their victory,
They jeered at them by doing the king’s mimicry.
A dead man he was,
His soul was somewhere lost.
‘Oh Father! Where did you go?’,
She said with a bow.
She could hear the door knob turn,
She felt her guts churn.
‘Princess Catherine! What should we do?’,
Said her maid, without any clue,
‘Was she a coward?’,
She had to move forward.
Her father had trusted her,
She was...