Pyramus-Thisbe - a Selfless Love Story Part Ii

Then Thisbe stole forth as agreed upon Unobserved her head covered with a veil Out of city’s bounds edifice well known Waited for Pyramus near a fountain trail. In the dim light she descried a lioness Nearing the fountain with blood reeking jaws With a recent slaughter to slake her thirst. She fled dropping her veil out of fright. After quenching thirst turned back for her cove Renting the veil in bloody mouth on her retreat But Venus won’t always befriend true love. Having delayed Pyramus arrived there Saw footsteps of the lioness in the sand And found the veil all bloody over there Crying picked up the rent veil in his hand. Thought himself to be the cause of her death Covering the veil with kiss and with tear And said, come ye lioness tear with your teeth Let my blood also shall stain your texture. He plunged sword into his heart with a shove Blood spurted tinging the tree with red color But Venus won’t always befriend true love. Thisbe stepped out not to disappoint him She noticed the change in the tree’s color In the agonies of death she saw him. A shudder ran as ripple in still water. She saw her veil and his scabbard empty. He has slain himself for her sake only. She said, “I could be brave and follow thee Death alone couldn’t prevent my joining thee Love and death join us, one tomb be our grove” She plunged the sword in her breast near the tree But Venus won’t always befriend true love. Envoi Such tale of the self-less love presented The two bodies in one tomb were buried Pyramus-Thisbe tale our hearts do move Berries serve memorials of their blood But Venus won’t always befriend true love. =================================== Rhyme scheme : ababccddede Envoi- ddede