jimsac
Tribune
You are very defiant. Surprisingly so. I thought that by now, after all the torture and pain, you would be more submissive and ready to do anything to avoid a grisly death on the cross. I was wrong....View attachment 758237 Of course, they've stripped me totally naked for the long walk to my crucifixion. and of course they expect me to bear my own patibulum. Why wouldn't they? After all, my total humiliation is foremost in their minds ... it's all part of the plan.
Well, I intend to show them that they can't get the best of me, their Queen! Difficult as it may be, I will struggle to my feet and I will bear this wood, and I shall ignore the insults and insolence of the rabble along the way ... and that's exactly what they are ... mindless rabble.
The hardest part, I think, will be getting off my knees. The wood is so long and so heavy, and the way in which they have my arms pulled back and my wrists wrapped around it puts such pressure on my neck and head. Even if I stand, I will be forced to lean forward and be unsteady as I walk. That they will love ... the sight of my dangling breasts will undoubtedly delight and thrill them ... the beasts!
But ... by the Gods ... I will do it. I will summon the strength somehow. I will persevere. I will triumph by my will.
And listen to them telling me to hurry ... that they haven't all day. Rubbish! What cheek! They, in fact, do have all day ... lazy and good for little ... and they intend to drag the spectacle of my suffering out as long as possible.
But, there is a good side to this, I keep telling myself ... at least the scourging is over, I am no longer bound like a helpless dog to a whipping post, and I am free to make my own way. Just wait. They will see! I will walk, just as I have been saying, and I will walk proud ... proud as the Queen that I am ... and before this is over I will die proud as well ... naked on a cross, but somehow triumphant in the end ... let them see!