A Love Not Understood
A king of battle, blood, and gore
born to ostentatious opulent luxury
was Xerxes, more god than king, of Persia
which puzzles me all the more.
Why Esther became his queen
also known as Hadassah, an orphan
a mere girl full of innocence
and none more pure to be seen.
How did this conquering king of war
and his simple Jewish bride
become part of a timeless love story
woven through the tapestry of lore?
A queen who knew about a secret
of a hidden people that was hers
that prayed to a mighty God and King
of heaven and not of this earth yet.
For as Mordecai, her uncle,
relayed to Queen Esther when they spoke
your destiny by God as queen
was made for this debacle.
So Queen Esther sacrificed her life
to visit King Xerxes unsummoned
and to invite him to a banquet
where she planned to share her strife.
If I perish so be it, I must die
but I must die trying to save a people
that God ordained to worship
him only instead of living a lie.
King Xerxes who was knowingly feared
held out his scepter to one he held dear
and accepted Queen Esther's
simple request and greatly revered.
A mighty king and a simple girl
were married in a love story
instead of two ships passing in the night
as some great loves become a twirl.
@JoSH Poetic Popcorn Poetry 2014
When I watched the movie 300: The Rise of an Empire, I did not realize that King Xerxes in the movie was the same King Xerxes that Esther married. That interesting fact made me view the movie in a whole new light because you see how King Xerxes is portrayed as a godking? Esther was a simple Jewish girl and she became the wife of this king. Do you see the irony and the miracle in this story? This was her destiny.