Sense Sonnet - Acher

Lovers' Pact

Cleopatra, Egyptian queen,
Invited Mark Antony to
Be a power couple on scene
With takeover of Rome to do.
But their great fleet of ships did fail.
One last time Cleo and Mark met.
With his own sword Mark did impale
Himself as the two were dead set.
Stories tell that Cleo did grasp
As her method to end it all
A snake - deadly poisonous asp,
Biting her and darkness did fall.

Cleo and Mark together stayed,
Ever entombed their bodies laid.