Author's Note:
Mostly inspired from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet, my Literary class topics in school are centered around this English classic. I encourage you, my readers, to read this tragic masterpiece as well.
But now for the story, I am deeply sorry for taking such a long time (weeks of delay since I first wrote the draft!) in posting this. The first chapter is still in progress, about halfway finished to be exact.
"What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."
-An excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
So now here's the prologue.
Prologue
A Chorus
The first of which the story began,
Has now rested in the arms,
Of something that does not exist,
The second, succumbed to madness,
Madness, in its wake, a trembling world,
A world in fear of the greater crime,
The greater crime that surpassed all lesser evils,
And dented it's writings in stone,
The death of the third has passed and gone,
His life, a puppet in his own games,
The fourth of whom I speak about,
Is desperate to have his voice heard from below,
The fifth who fell down,
Deeper, much deeper in the golden blaze,
The truth shrouded in the heavy mist,
The sixth by a slip of fate,
Poisons herself with things,
Things that please, things deeply needed,
But know that in the mortal world,
All are strung in the qualms of man,
Deepened by the panic of the masses,
Nothing is as pure as white,
Nor as black as night,
All come forth from the greyest shade,
For something thought to be as selfless as love,
In actuality, is of the selfish weakness of humankind,
What stabs the soul in half, what ruins an already ruined temple?
Deception, assenting to the inner truth we contain,
To liberate the brilliant mind and its' cunning works,
Suffering, the way to understand,
What it truly means to be sinful.
The zenith of all, all that we hold dear,
Can never be known,
When we ourselves deny it.
Author's Note:
It really is a much longer version of Shakespeare's prologue, and a modern one considering the language used. This prologue would talk mostly about the core of the plot (not the specific details), meaning the ethics, morals and ideals included in the storyline.
Any questions or clarifications are welcome. If you'd like to shed some light or explanation on some lines of the prologue, then please feel free to ask me.
Reviews and comments are greatly appreciated.
Please bear with me though if I don't reply immediately. I try my best to maintain my school life and at times I find it hard to enjoy my free time.
