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Romeo and Juliet

Michael Marchese

By Michael Brandon MarchesePublished 5 years ago 1 min read

Who was she to he

Can we ever be sure

Do we really know

Really love

Really live for

Someone else to be special

Imprint on us charm

And disarm us of weapons

With which we do harm

To each other

In-lovers

Can never recover

If in coalescence

They do not discover

The secret identities

Even to them

Are uncertain

The roles that we play

Are pretend

Artifices

Illusions

Contusions

A bruise on the soft, silky

Smooth subterfuges

Deceit will eventually

Entropy coax

The dependency

Bend the knee

Vows to be broke

Or discordant performance’s

Suicide notes

heartbreak

About the Creator

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