Juliet's Suicide

She held a dagger to her breast

Her eyes gone pale, their cold light dim

Her heart was pounding in her chest

Against icy metal, glimmering.

She could only think of him

The endless love she had confessed

Without him here, her world was grim.

She pressed the blade in, trembling.

Her bright eyes had a joyful stare

Her hair flowed dark as autumn trees

She had the youth of Hebe fair,

Her laughter bell-like, ringing.

And through the crowd her eyes did see

A divine figure standing there

She ran to him, and on bended knees,

Pledged infinite devotion, unwavering.

She loved him more than anyone

He returned her feelings, magnified.

For his Earth she was the Sun,

Their love forever growing.

But Death did stray him from her side

Her time of bliss now slain and done

She stared at where his body lied

Her soul torn to shreds, weeping.

She held a dagger to her breast

Her eyes gone pale, their cold light dim

Her heart was pounding in her chest

Against icy metal, glimmering.

She pressed the precious, sharp blade in

To from her sorrow ever rest

Her warm blood spilling over him

Red love eternal, glistening.

Disclaimer: The rhyme scheme is based on Tolkien's poem about Beren and  Lúthien.