Due cose potrei far

two things she shall do.

to wait,
and be fooled forever.

to dance
in the market place
and be their object
of mockery

to die with honor
as she cannot live without it

she takes his father's dagger
and bury it inside her heart

her boy blindfolded
hears the sound of death

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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