Before I Do

Kobby Sage

I remember the days when Romeo and Juliet's story 

was the most empowering  romantic "Shakespearean" franchise

so provoking I thought it actually happened in history

But our love story played out differently

so beautifully that I won't opt to merchandise

There is no denying that I love you with all my heart

your sadness shoot through my chest like a dart

and your smile very soothing like refined oil

strangely, I feel there is something I need to do first

but I get a hunch it's buried deep within  my heart

so baby, help me find out what it is

Probably, it can help me build a better version of myself for you

Before we say "I do"

Before I do

let me deal with this devouring fury

that always moves me to commit treachery

burning every orchid from Gilead that we planted

and I see how it scares you every time

when the beast is unleashed in its prime

Before I do

let me deal with these crystallized blood in my heart

it hurts so much that you become my escape route

when the painkillers you give me wears off

unfortunately, you are but human with flaws

 Bitterness scarred into my heart with wolf's claws

Sometimes to you I become an animal myself

Thrashing you in ways you do not deserve

how is that befitting of one that professes love

Oh! knight in shiny armor, guide me to places I can be helped

Before I do

Let me explain to my friends the new friendship policy

I know they might start thinking that I'm crazy

But at least I'm sane enough to know whom I love

I don't want any friend to come between us

I recognize you only as my life-end partner and friend

I learned from many promising relationships

that friends have vehemently destroyed their sacred bond

some even drunk of the wine spring in the chablis

that was meant for only us and poisoned it after

I don't want that for us in our love novel

at least not while it's still opened to our chapter

Before I do

Let me go and make peace with my home

so I can offer you that and not push you to roam

I want to learn from them every marriage gnome

I noticed that marriage is not kept by the legacy of Rome

the flesh of your flesh, bone of your bone

enough to yearn always to hear my tone

In excruciating pain together, we will groan

and inflammatory passion and pleasure together, we shall also moan.

Before I do

Let me go visit God

Hopefully, He will show me mercy and help me love rightly

Some believe He instituted marriage

others believe it's a canon of tradition to avoid promiscuity

I will stake my bet on God

because love seems too divine for culture

and maybe I'm too mad for an adventure

When we're done chasing after the sun

we will rest and leave the path ahead

as a legacy for our children.

So help me God.