A Tale As Old As Time

I think no soul

Has never heard

The tale of sorrow

Of these star-crossed lovers

In a land faraway,

Before it became the city of romance,

Lived two prestigious families

Stuck in age-old vendetta

From one of them,

An innocent girl

From another,

A passionate young man

Either by coincidence or fate

They fell in love at first sight

When their families were full of hate

How could love arise despite

To their desperate plea

A priest wed them secretly

But due to the young man's impulsivity

They had to part temporarily

Refusing to marry another,

She drank a potion and slept like dead

Then came her confused lover

Who drank poison to follow her "death"

Awoken from slumber

She saw her dead lover

Took his dagger and whispered

"Let's be together forever"

Such is the story

Of the foolish star-crossed lovers

Hoping in another life

Their happily ever after