True Love?

I wouldn't want to be like Juliet.
Is a crush really something to die from?
I mean REALLY, they had just met,
It's so over the top, and VERY dumb.
And Romeo, PLEASE!  What were you thinking?
Was your life only worth a pretty face?
You don't even think twice about drinking?
You never even got past second base.
All I can say is they were WAY too young,
They didn't know first love's not eternal.
They got high on emotion and they clung
despite hurdles, no matter how painful.
Romeo and Juliet, Romantic?
Or two manic kids whose end was tragic?

Beauty

If I said that stone was
Obsidian, would you think
how unusual? How Beautiful!
If I then said the stone was
Coal, would it then be coarse,
and ugly? What is beauty?
Water crystal clear or your
Preferred Drink
A dress smooth and colorful
Or perhaps a dappled muscled horse
What then is beauty
but a lie
Whatever hits your fancy
Gone in the blink of an eye.

By Brandy Reeves 7/31/2009