Celestia is at peace. Having just elected her student, Twilight Sparkle, to be a Royal Princess, she sits at the highest point in Canterlot, and contemplates her decisions in life. In a time she should be feeling joy and bliss, Celestia feels sorrow and pain. Why does she feel this way, and why now? That is what the Princess of the Sun tries to answer...

Companion Piece to my other poem, The Melancholy of Princess Luna: A Poem.