Today I came across a photo of a letter I wrote to Juliet (of Romeo and Juliet fame) while visiting Verona, Italy, almost seven years ago. It’s tradition to write to her with a petition for love. I folded up my letter, which concealed my own very young and idealistic petition, and hid it in the crack of a stone wall somewhere in one of the nearby monasteries. I’m still waiting on Juliet’s reply.
Excerpt:
“I promise to bring the whole force of my spirit – and the full intensity of my thought and will – to the birth and blossoming of this one true love. Please guide my heart, and that of my as-yet-unknown beloved, to a place of beautiful possibility, so that our meeting may be sweet and our love long. This is the wish – and plea – of a girl who, like you, is willing to give her whole self in exchange for a Love that is greater than life.”