Author's Note: This poem was inspired by the painting "Two Majesties" by Jean-Leon Gerome. This poem is written in the point of view of the lion pictured in the painting who wishes he could stay in his fantasy world, but he knows he must return to reality.
Sitting up here,
King of the world,
Wishing this moment could last
Forever.
But, alas, this moment must end,
I must return,
I must go home,
I must take care of them.
Maybe they could come here,
No, not the young ones,
The climb up here, even for me
Is a hard one.
Red, purple, blue, yellow
these colors surround me,
threatening to close in around me
begging to be let in.
Two majesties,
The King and Nature
Working together,
To make a beautiful sight,
A land of marvelous beauty
