Gothic
written by: Dawn Pisturino
Our love straddled the line between Life and Death
And all things in-between.
The limitations of Life could not contain us.
Only the limitless boundaries of Death
Could accommodate our souls,
Joined together, point-to-point,
In an unholy alliance that defied
The conventions of our time.
The castle walls loomed around us
Like great sentries, keeping us imprisoned.
Our hands bound with chains to moldy walls,
We whispered through the bars of our cells,
Anticipating the day of our imminent demise.
The Count’s rage could not extinguish the flames
Of our adulterated connection.
We lived for each other; and so, we would die,
Together, unfettered by human law and the
Condemnation of Holy Mother Church.
Our love would live on,
Even as the breath left our dying bodies.
Walking hand-in-hand into the darkness,
Cursed to face eternity together,
Our souls would rejoice in our oneness
And find mercy in an All-Loving God.
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