Imagining Great Lovers

Imagine I was Adam and you were Eve
With all the time in the world to please
To take care of nature and each other’s needs
Until the serpent with us would plead

We’d gain the knowledge but lose the idyllic life
As we would leave the garden for a lifetime of strife
Still I would be your husband and you would be my wife
Relying on our love and wits (as sharp as a well-honed knife)

Imagine you were Cleopatra and I was Anthony
Before us lay the world and our futures to see
With such immense love our lives would be carefree
Little would we know or care what awaited you and me

For there would be those who would plot
To make sure that our love would be for naught
And though we would end our lives to avoid the onslaught
We would do so in love and not be distraught

Imagine you were Juliet and I was Romeo
Two star-crossed lovers from long ago
You as my girl and I as your beau
With burning desires creating an internal glow

And if our families would not allow
The two of us together then and now
We would flee to take our eternal vow
Trusting our hearts to let us know how

Imagine you were Bonnie and I was Clyde
No living in public we’d have to hide
No rules to follow at least none we’d abide
We’d live life together on a non-stop joy ride

And if eventually we were tracked down
So that one day the police did fully surround
We’d hold hands and smile, there’d be no frown
As our love would vanish the fear of being cut down

No need to imagine ourselves as historic lovers
For to us our own love is a love like no others
Though sometimes we stumble along (like many fathers and mothers)
We know that for each one of us there is no other

So someday let someone write about our love
Let them describe its range as much more than an octave
Let them compare it in beauty to a pair of pure white doves
Circling high in the sky within the world and yet above