elizabeth i, we grok thou

and now red and laughter and ladyhood and rejection and virginity and wooden exterior to match vulnerable interior and weighing sacrifice and matching manhood and "remembering who we are" and lack of fear and so much fear and hearing the oars in the water as we row toward The Tower and trusting in the one god and being threatened by sisters and refusing false confessions and being tempted by true love...

oh we are not a prince nor a queen but doesn't this all sound familiar....