View from the Tower
The view is my favorite part.
There is benefit, as well, in the absence of people. While I’m alone in my tower, I don’t fret over the nuances of social interaction, or the affects and reactions that hang on my every word as a princess. People are hard to understand.
Mother hid me away in this lone tower deep in the woods to protect me from the plague. The country needs assurance of a future, and i am that embodied. So here I am kept.
It is also to hide me from the disapproving eyes of the court. They are not fond of a bearded and hairy princess. They wanted a prince to fight in their wars and steal the hearts of the ladies and sire many children. I am not that royal. Mother understands this, and she supports my desires to live as I wish, but sends me away often so the court is not constantly reminded of their hatred for me. I am safer for it i suppose. But it does mean my returns are met with fresh bigotry each time.
Bigotry and the plague combined have me very inclined to stay in this old column of stone.
I go on a walk every day through this forest i call my home. I know it’s fruits and game and medicines. I am entertained by the lives of the animals i watch. I love to sing with the birds as I gather flowers or hunt for berries.
I am entertained in the tower as well! There’s a library with books on magic and herbalism and stories of all sorts; romance and drama and heists and adventure. I don’t hope for an adventure of my own, but I do hold hope for love.
There’s a lot i love about my quiet lonely life. But the view is my favorite. From my tower in the woods I can see for miles and miles. The sparkling edge of the sea, the forests in all its autumn splendor, even the faint outline of my home castle. The citadel that houses my mother and her court, spires surrounded by wall after wall, a city full of bustle and thousands of people going about their lives.
I hope they stay safe.
I look to that faint outline everyday, my braid hanging out the window, and I pray they survive this.
I can’t be the only one left. I just can’t.
