LONGEST REIGNING MONARCH – QUEEN ELIZABETH II

She was the reigning monarch for seventy years, a record hard to break,
Especially being a woman, a queen, that’s no easy take
Dedicated to the core she never ever shirked her role
As monarch of her country and of the Commonwealth as a whole.

For discipline there was none to match, she held the highest score
Flinging headlong into every task, one couldn’t want for more
Never to side-step any problem, she completed her goals
Fulfilling all demands, she achieved every target of her roles.

Petite Lilibet defined femininity, through the very fiber of her frame
Throwing many a critic off-guard with stern humor and quiet refrain
She was subaltern, Princess Auto Mechanic before donning the gauntlet of queen
Tackled every challenge thrown her way, straight in the eye, with royal esteem.

At an age when every girl has her own starry eyed aspirations
She was forced to don the mantle of Queen, tend to others’ expectations
But pulling herself together she bravely gripped high the baton
And took the pledge that ruled her life, while she headed all the nation.

She was first to set many landmarks, keeping in step with a changing world
The first to set forth and visit nations where other flags unfurled
With steely resolve and steady step, this girl turned into woman
And charmed the world with her allure, entering the heart of every human.

Her ‘corgis’ made it to the news more than many royal faces
Their lives minutely scheduled, from meals, right to their royal burial places
And her love of horses was universally known, she even rode them in her nineties
Was at equestrian events, with girlish zest, cheering on her thoroughbred mighties.

She had style, this pristine beauty, a dignity none could ignore
She left her stamp imprinted into history forevermore
She’s left the earth a lot poorer, it will never be the same
With her devoted mate of many a year, they have entered the Hall of Fame.