Tuesday

An Original Poem, "Ophelia"

So this is an original poem I composed. I am a BIG fan of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and I wanted to write a poem from the perspective of the young prince when he learns that his love, Ophelia, has commited suicide. He's at an interesting position, the love of his life leaving him like this. Well, here goes nothing!
You're beautiful
You just fill my heart until it's full
I wish I acted so different
And maybe you would not have lost your mind.
My poetry
It is inspired by your lasting love for me
But now I have suspision
Of this ghostly apparition
I've lost my mind.
Ophelia
Please tell me why you never listened to me
When I told thee
To get thee to a nunnery
Ophelia
I wish things had turned out oh so differently.
I could have saved
You from falling into your watery grave
Now please know I was certain
That the king was in the curtain
But I was wrong.
I'm so sorry
I was preserving my dead father's legacy
You're the one I love
Like the Bard's words, you're beautiful
And I don't know if I can ever move on.
Ophelia
I can only wish that you were still alive.
I died inside
When I learned of your suicide.
Ophelia
I don't know whether to be or not to be.
My life is getting dark
Did I not give you all of my love?
Something's foul in Denmark
Forty-thousand brothers could not match my sum.
Our romance ended so suddenly
When you killed yourself, you killed me.
I just wish that I could see
You love me.
Ophelia
I am really starting to miss your smile
In my denial
I haven't seen it in a while
Ophelia
I wish you were here laying beside of me
Ophelia
I wish you were here 'cause I've gone crazy.

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