Forbidden Love

I am feeling a bit nostalgic tonight, so I thought I would share with you all the first poem I ever wrote. It was my senior year in high school….we were on a van full of teens headed to camp. My boyfriend was chatting with a girl who was dating my favorite school mate “Todd” , since they were engrossed in a conversation, my friend “Todd” offered me one of his walkman earbuds…(yes, I said walkman, it was 1991 after all!) He happened to be listening to the soundtrack to “Princess Bride”…and just as he handed me the earbud…the song “Our love is like a storybook story” came on…..there has always been this unspoken chemistry between us…it’s just we both dated quite a bit, and were never single at the same time…so here we both were, listening to this very romantic song, sitting next to our respective dating partners. The song ended, we locked eyes for a long moment, and I handed back the earbud. I retreated to the back of the van and wrote out this poem…

FORBIDDEN LOVE ~

Trapped inside this crystal cage-

I cast a weary eye

At the same old things I always see

And I wish that I could die.

 

I see you from a far

At a length, but never near

I wish with all my heart

But I only shed a tear.

 

The curse is there forever

My cage you’ll never see,

Torment will be my companion

Is this the way it has to be?

 

Day after day, hour by hour

I hear you call my name,

I’m calling back, why can’t you hear

Why can’t I stop this game?

 

Oh, to be free from this wretched cell,

To feel your warm embrace,

As I look upon your shattered soul,

I see your tear-stained face.

 

I press my face close to the glass,

Choking back my scream,

Oh, how can love be so cruel?

Why can’t my hurt be a dream.