a kiss from thine lips

Juliet, whose

name didst thou utter

more than once,

I resurrect

beseech you this eventide

let me taste your sweetness

once again,

my fingertips yearn

to touch, the fine lines

of your silhouette, let me

comb the locks of your hair

shadows of the past that sealed our fate

the heavens,  the stars,

command thy moon

to freeze this hour,

whereupon your lips, I breathe

resurrect my love

partake of this moment

steal my fate,

your words, my salvation

your letter, my mortality

you and I proclaim our vow

here now,  under the balcony

where Verona is witness

to your beauty and the moon

hang-over from jealous stars

that glare,

let us leave Montague

and Capulet to feast upon

their mutiny, you and I

chastised

poison hath not the power

to seep into my veins,

blood that drips

only thoughts of you

within this hour, my Romeo

our ashes already scattered

bones locked in embrace

centuries dust, resurrect

history of us inseparable

we sealed our fate

entwined our bones remain untouched

our solemn vow they can't unearth

I throb from underneath this soil

my love for you remains

till dust

Juliet, Juliet,  I grope for you

within this waking hour