Juliet's Feelings

Dear Journal,

I am so comforted that I can write my true thoughts to you. If only I could talk to Nurse like I write to you. We have been close for so many years and now it seems as though she is starting to turn her back on me. Even in this time I need her most, I don't feel as though I trust her as much as I used to. Neither can I trust my mother, whom has arranged for me to marry Paris, when I am in love with and married to Romeo. My mother doesn't understand me the way I wish she would. When I told her "With Romeo, till I behold him - dead - is my poor heart..." She thought that I meant that I wanted Romeo dead because he had killed Tybalt, when I really meant that my heart would be dead until I see him again. I wish my mother would hear me out and interpret my words in the way that I mean them.

Will Nurse still be faithful to me in my decision to marry Romeo in secret? Will she still support me and help me through this difficult time in my life? I hope so. Romeo, my one true love was banished from Verona, to Mantua because he killed Tybalt, who killed Mercutio. The night before he left, Nurse went to get Romeo from his hideout with Friar Lawrence. That night was so special to me as I wonder if I will ever see my love, Romeo, again. It has only been a few days, and yet it feels as though it has been weeks already. Hopefully, I will hear from him soon.

Until I write again,

Juliet