IN JULIET'S BEDCHAMBER

(An imagining of the consummation of Romeo and Juliet's clandestine marriage.)

Outside, Montagues and Capulets war;
Here they consummate their new-wed amour.
They undress until both are in the raw,
Presenting parts long hid as if in store.
Neither have made love, with others, before.

Their bodies are a new world to explore.
She gives her consent, together they draw;
With body and spirit, they start to adore,
On each other tides of passion pour.
His young manhood comes stiffly to the fore.

So he lifts her to bed, feet off the floor.
Invited into her maidenly core
At the ultimate moment, fingers claw
His back as he enters her fleshly door.
Thus Juliet is a maiden no more.

They have completed their marriage in law.
In bliss they could lie there for evermore,
The Montague-Capulet feud ignore
No matter what’s outside her bedroom door.
If their fathers knew of this, a dagger they’d draw.
 
(NOTE: The picture was chosen as a representation of the youthful couple and is not from any actual movie or artistic depiction of Romeo and Juliet.)