Forbidden Love

LOVE,  a boundless feeling;

free to give.  Free — to receive.

But not a love like mine — 

FORBIDDEN!

Not a love like this.

Such love must stay hidden

inside dark corridors

beneath my ribs.

You mustn’t look at me tender

You mustn’t talk to me sweet;

You mustn’t give this wild bird

its desired pair of WINGS.

—Claire Estevez