Lose My head

I used to be so famous

So loved but now, instead

I’m sitting here, just waiting

For me to lose my head

They say I am unworthy

Of having so much worth

It’s not my fault I’ve been rich

Since before my birth

They say that I’m a sinner

So much wrong, and nothing right

I say that it’s unfair, but

I’m not putting up a fight

It would be too degrading

To make a violent scene

Instead, I will allow them

To use their guillotine

They ask me for my name

I say it is “Madame”

I say I am a noble

They say my life’s a sham

I watched my king be murdered

A fate that I will share

Because the peasants hate me

As I am now aware

I sit and watch my captors

As they mock with glee

For they now rule the nobles

A class which includes me

I let them mock and mimic

I won’t cry, instead

I’ll lay down with dignity

As I lose my head