prologue

prologue

forge these memories

by ink

on pieces of parchment

let these fragments

of a modern-day Romeo and Juliet untangle

amidst the wilderness of poetry 

let this tale

of the tender heart

of a young woman

take you on her journey

of love and misadventure

of the healing and of the heartbreak

she now pours out onto your hands

her soul.

in which you will discover 

a forlorn journey

of tattered hearts

and

of broken promises

never yet to end

-Athirah Ajda