ESTHER- (2)

Can you imagine a young girl in this situation? The king declares a beauty pageant of sorts.

He knew this would likely

Weaken his domain

And with passion and restrain said

Before this day is over, the noble women

Of this magnificent kingdom

Will hear about the queen’s act

And some might same react

This cannot go on, for it will sure spawn

The result of more contempt and fury

So I recommend we solve this in a hurry

Before there is confusion

And a coming flurry

So one advisor spoke up

Oh king, see if this makes sense…

For only with the Kings consensus

If it meets his approval

And I hope it doesn’t seem senseless

He should personally issue a royal decree. Let it be recorded only by thee to be

For in the laws of the Persians and Medes,

Surrender her title and lose her crown

Make it that it cannot be revoked

Or to even so concede

Thereby order Vashti to not again enter

The Kings presence or her royal position

For make it to be given

To another woman that you see

Who is more worthy than she.

And the king should so decree

So it will be heard throughout

This vast kingdom with great shout

That each women will honor their husband

From the greatest to the least in the land

The king heartily consented to the proposal,

And he followed this advice with approval

Letters were sent to all the royal provinces,

That marriages should always

Hold true to their vows and promises

So each area, in its own script

And to each ethnic group be so equipped

In its own language,

That every man should be master

Of his own house to speak ever after

In the language of his own people

So that their families would indeed be stable

Some time later, he was thinking of her

And the Kings ire did cool and wasn’t so dire

And he remembered how he used to admire But now, what had his queen done?

And with no remorse needed to decide

What was to be the the fate of her?

For his bride had turned for the worse

And quite probably by it, he was still hurt

So to the king was said by one of his personal attendants, Sire if you please

Let there be made a search to bring

Forth beautiful young virgins for the king.

Let the king appoint agents

In each province of his kingdom,

With plenty of wisdom and patience

So that they may gather the beautiful

Young virgins to a harem type of school

Located at the city of Susa’s fortress

To make these girls look oh so gorgeous

They would then be given

A required beauty regimen

And then, after a time

The young woman who had

Made the highest impression

And who pleased the king

Would then become the new queen

This suggestion pleased the king,

And he did so accordingly bring

To set in motion this thing

Every young maiden dreamed of this notion

Meanwhile, at the gate in the town

There was a Jewish man

That worked for the crown

Named Mordecai son of Jair,

Of wisdom and stature could none compare

From the tribe of Benjamin

Son of Shimei, son of Kish,

His family had been taken, after much risk

Into exile from Jerusalem

With all the other captives who then lived

Mordecai was born in this land a native

For his fathers had been carried out & about

When King Nebuchadnezzar made the rout

And took the Jewish King Jeconiah out

Of Judah into exile for quite a long while

Now Mordecai was the adopted caregiver

For his younger cousin Hadassah

(Otherwise known as Esther),

For she had no father or mother to raise her.

The young woman was as a daughter to him

And had a beautiful figure and was radiant

Also smart as a whip, really quite brilliant When her father and mother passed

Mordecai had adopted this young lass

So when the king’s command and edict Became public knowledge to predict

Who the next queen would be

She didn’t care to think could it ever be me?

For it seemed many young women hoped And loftily dreamed it as so

And were gathered at the fortress of Susa

Esther too, was taken to this chateau

All the girls were instructed to know and be

Under close supervision by the eunuch

The keeper of the women who would pick

The young woman that pleased him best

That had so gained his favor

And he found this in Esther to never waiver

So he accelerated the process

Of her beauty treatments and her access

And also the special diet that she received.

He gave her seven hand-picked female

Servants who with her would leave

And go with her to the best quarters.

Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or order

Nor her family background,

Because Mordecai didn’t

Want it to be shown or even known

Every day Mordecai

Took a walk nearby the throne

In front of the harem’s courtyard

To learn how Esther was doing so far

So during the year he would learn

Before each young woman’s turn

To go to the King Ahasuerus,

The harem regulation for the girls among us

It required her to receive beauty treatments With oil of myrrh for six months

And then with perfumes and cosmetics

For another six months training in basics

When the young woman would see the king,

It was their best that they would bring

So she was given whatever she requested

To go with her from the harem so behested

She would go in the evening,

And then return in the morning

To a second entourage

Under the supervision of the aged eunich

The keeper of the kept women

She would never go to the king again,

Unless he summoned her by name.

Esther was the daughter of Abihail,

Mordecais’ cousin who had adopted her

So when her turn came to go to the king,

She listened to her trainer

For Esther had gained everyones’ favor

Because she did not ask for anything

Except what her keeper suggested.

When she finally was taken to the King

She was relaxed and well rested

Seen in the palace main

In the seventh year of his reign.

The king indeed found he loved Esther

More than all the women, even ones of fame

She won more favor and approval

From him than did any

Of the other virgin gals

He placed the royal crown on her head

And made her the new queen instead

The king then held a great banquet

For all his officials and staff.

It was deemed as Esther’s banquet

With simplicity, it almost made her laugh