Death In Verona

 
Lying once asleep without thoughts of love
Romeo fell upon his own worst fate
Juliet tumbled into his arms never to be separated
it was love at first sight
it struck them both like a million lightning bolts
 
and so the Opera begins…
 
Juliet knew her love was forbidden
simply because her family wanted no ties
with that of Romeo’s.
two families who despised each other
 
I, the Poet believe “they were cursed”
 
Romeo and Juliet
ran away and married in secret
before she was to marry another
their love was too strong to surrender
even blood couldn’t separate them
 
the evening of the day they were wed
arrived alongside the darkest of clouds
a duel took place and a man was killed
Romeo had blood on his hands
 
having no choice but to leave at first light
or face the death penalty, he agreed to go
but little did he know
Juliet was already secretly planning
her escape to be with him
 
she was summoned to marry Paris
and she agreed knowing all the while
she would fake her death and return
to the arms of her Romeo
 
and so this Opera continues…
 
Juliet takes a sleeping potion
she is dead “so they thought”
as she lay in her casket
 
laid to rest “but never she will”
Romeo returned to her side
and on disbelief of his greatest love
sleeping for eternity without him
decides to kill himself
“thou shall not be alone”
hailed Romeo
 
his heart broken he drinks the poison
“gone forever”
only to be found by a sleepy yet alive Juliet
in the most tragic moment of her life
 
Juliet kisses Romeo
in hope she will also die from the poison
alas, it wasn’t to be
so she takes Romeo’s dagger
“O happy dagger”
she cries
plunging it into her chest
slumped then on
Romeo’s
lifeless body
 
whether they found each other
in paradise we shall never truly know
 
I can only hope that they did
 
because it doesn’t get
more poetic than this.