If heaven has selected me for thy deliverer, it will accomplish its work
I have never had a
desire to be so
very famous
except when I was
a girl
I suspected
(as you did also)
that I would be told one day
without warning that
I was in fact a
princess who had
been misplaced
I felt
special and I wanted
an external proof
something irrefutable
I imagine and then I
believe that everyone
feels this way special
and irrefutable and
seeking proof it’s not
reproachable behavior
it’s as a matter of fact true you are
special and in all this
millennia this is your
one time to occur
the princess of time is
here the unique one having
arrived to bestow upon us
her royal graceful presence
that is you
–
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This poem comes from Emily Bludworth de Barrios’s debut book of poems, Splendor, which is available from H_NGM_N Books. She is also the author of the chapbook Extraordinary Power (Factory Hollow Press 2014). Recent work can be read in B O D Y, UCity Review, Jellyfish, Tender, and elsewhere. Find Emily online at emilybludworthdebarrios.tumblr.com.
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