(An Imitation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet opening)
Two people alike in loss of dignity,
In fair Indiana, where we set our scene,
From deadly sickness they break into mutiny,
Where spreading tumors makes bodies unclean.
Through sickness we see a fatal difference
Two teens wish to stay in this life,
But forbid any further assistance
So they fight through their strife.
The fearful passage of their cancer-mark'd love,
Their parents cannot feel rage
Though one's anger could not be removed
Is now 313 pages brought to the stage
To which your tears will attend,
For one girl who strives to mend.
YOU ARE READING
Pretentious Poems
PoetryA poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language -W.H Auden
