Wednesday, August 03, 2011
"Romeo and Juliet" (poem by Dorothy)
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet.
You know how it goes.
Star crossed lovers,
unable to stay apart,
destined for tragedy.
What draws us
to this bizarre tale?
Why do we too long
to be held
in such fatal embrace,
clasp of passion?
It isn’t just the notion of human
attracted to the forbidden other
that draws.
It is the abiding temptation,
irresistible magnet that pulls to
Mystery itself,
invisible lover
arriving in stealth.
The forbidden,
the secret
knowledge that is
ever outlawed
and called profane.
It is the Secret of Secrets,
high risk adventure,
what we are happy to die for
in order
to arrive.
Dorothy Walters
August 2, 2011
