Forbidden

A liquid fire burns itself across the water

Black depths like tunnels to your secrets

And all the misery and joy encompassed in glorious symmetry

Ah! The lake so cold and crystal clear

Rippled layers of blue upon green upon blue

Shimmering in the laughing beams of the sun…

Egrets and regrets dance across the surface

Casting ripples of sweet solitude

An oasis in a desert of morality

A mirage reflected over on itself.

And as waves of longing lap against the shore

All trepidation is cast aside

And ethics are subject to scrutiny

As I lose myself deeper in your eyes.