On Ophelia s Death

On Ophelia’s Death.

Forget all logic, all confession-
Why worship age-long decomposition?
We paint a pattern, soft and fair,
To hide the shame that festers there.

A jester fit this play, not she-
Yet Hamlet was her destiny.
She loved him — pure, without defense.
And lost her mind to innocence.

He chose revenge, he saw in all
Deceit and flattery’s quiet call.
He trusted none — not love, not grace
And thus his kingdom lost its face.

He could not bear a killer crowned,
His father’s ghost still walked the ground.
Around him — lies, and everywhere
He doubted even love’s own prayer.

As Adam blamed his Eve for daring,
For touching truth beyond all bearing,-
What she, Ophelia, could not try,
Became the cause she had to die.


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