A poem to mark the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla by winners of The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition: Amaal Fawzi, Maulika Pandey, Madeleine Wood, Ethan Charles Mufuma and Esther Mungalaba.
'Woven Legacy'
The years slip gently through our fingers like silk,
But unfurl to reveal a beautiful blazing tapestry.
Past and future gild the valleys and the hills
As the sun crowns a horizon woven with legacy.
Time can erode away the temporary,
Time can pass you by if you stay still,
But time has no power over memory –
Time cannot change how hope can feel.
To the future we look,
A new King, a new Queen,
For them, for us.
Together a future will be built.
Memories forged.
History made.
As the new dawn arises,