Romeo. Poem by Katusiime Jeresi

I will tell you a story
And dip it in similies
Cause heaven knows
I might bend the truth a little
If I stick to prose.

Two lovers who knew not
The true essence of loving
Stared in each others eyes
The warm evening of this November day
Was blurry as they
In silence exchanged hidden truths.

I was the passerby who
enviously stared
As I briskly headed home
My thoughts got tangled in memories
Of days gone and love thrown
Sulky and tomb silent
I saw it..
It saw me..


"A coat that looked like you
Is all I want for the holidays…"
The voice in my head spoke
But my heart was singing terrified rythms
Romeo pushed Juliet behind him
I clutched my bag
A wild cat in the evening?
God all I wanted was air!

Shh…Romeo whispered walking
Closer to me.
Juliet wept.
I didn't deserve this.
God I wasn't even in love!
God…
God….
Inaudible prayers I sent
Express heaven bound

Romeo motioned me to step back
Then I saw the martyr
He was going to be
How love lent the young man
Courage am to never know
But the pain of loving I lived to see.

Juliet weepy yet strong
Gripped my trembling hands in hers.
A stranger pulling me along
Till my legs woke from shock
Cheetar like we fled from the
Scene like demented cows.

And now I wonder if
A warm embrace is better
Than a lonesome stroll
As the sun goes to bed
For love we give the best
Of who we are
To strangers passing by.