Non Action Hero

A new epoch

Dismissing the Cereal Box army 

the legion 

allegedly 

defending my honor

my heart

Centuries of cohorts

bursting forth

their plastic spears

through cardboard

And their commander

a self-proclaimed action hero

cooler in manner than the rest

who threw fire

over his shoulder into the village

never looking back;

walked away

And I the Queen

the one who stays

the one who walked in ten minutes later
to mend it all.