It was joy, love and bliss

It was the lull of magic

A perfect touch, word, and kiss

But the story ends so tragic

Sweltering summer afternoons

Splashing by the lake

Drowsy nights with full moons

Fighting to stay awake

The small but cunning snake

Wounds around the lion

He was hers to take

A noble house's scion

It was green versus red

Attraction in a game on brooms

Brush past with words unsaid

The forbidden love blooms

Life changes and races past

Further and further apart they grow

Time sprints and passes fast

And their game goes to and fro

Deadly results are revealed

Prison is their bitter gift

Emotions hide behind shields

It only serves to widen the rift

An old debt paid

A friendship killed

A promise made

A vow fulfilled

Destined to die or to take a life

The star-crossed lovers accept the pain

A fateful night to end the strife

A love, a friend, a brother slain

The end comes soon, for death is swift

She laughs when the scale abruptly tips

He swoops down with a heavenly gift

And steals her last breath with a final kiss