As lovers embrace in death's hold,
there is one story that remains untold:
In a time of evil and sordid deeds,
when lovers were chosen for money needs-
there were two families, each a foe,
this is the tale of Juliet and Romeo.
Dark nights hid the lovers' dance,
they saw each other at every chance.
Families spilt blood to no avail,
their attempts were futile- broken and frail.
With pale-silk skin, she was his moon-
but fate would have justice fairly soon.
As the tomb sheltered her sleeping features,
her lover had quarrel with unholy creatures-
The dark he saw was too much to bare,
the longer he stared- the more it would scare.
As death touched his warm, lively lips,
Juliet awoke and moved her fingertips.
Death brought wrath upon her first sight-
Romeo was lost in an everlasting night.
As tears poured out of emmerald eyes,
Juliet cried towards the skies-
'Death hear my plea, for I ask nothing more-
let us lie as lovers of the night forever-more'
With a last bit of courage, the moon- she did so bleed,
pale, dead lovers- amongst graves, they were freed.
And never was there a
tale of more woe, than that of Juliet and her decomposing Romeo.
Author notes
Prompt: 'Private death walks in many shades upon a palette of shadow and light'
A contest entry
- DARK PROMPT CONTEST - Wordbank, Title, Quote or Picture - by redmoonnrizing by redmoonnrizing.
1000 points, ended November 9, 20 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
1 - 5 of 5
-
I would never have suspected a piece like this would come from the prompt I gave to you. You have done a really great job with the storyline here....Loved these lines...
"With pale-silk skin, she was his moon-
but fate would have justice fairly soon.
As the tomb sheltered her sleeping features,
her lover had quarrel with unholy creatures-"
Thanks for entering and Good Luck in the Contest! -
Tis' be a great tale of an old story, one of Romeo and Juliet retold, created in the mold of darkly lore which stems from yourself. In other words, bloody brilliant! Your rhyme works well here as does the imagery paint well the picture in ones mind. Keep writing the darkness and good luck in the contest.
-
wow
this is an awesome poem you have written...
i loves the story of romeo and juliet...
and you've creatid a great poem around this tale...
also an excellent take on the prompt
loved this stanza
Death brought wrath upon her first sight-
Romeo was lost in an everlasting night.
As tears poured out of emmerald eyes,
Juliet cried towards the skies-
nice one and good luck to you in z contest
Jayde
-
I love the way you incorporated the tale of rom,eo and juliet into your poetry in a very original way. this is very good!
-
Your prompt is a quote from one of my poems:
"Private death walks in many shades, upon a palette of shadow and light"
by redmoonnrizing
This contest will end on Nov 8th - Good Luck
Adding your comment:
1 - 5 of 5
