Forbidden Foolishness

They were prisoners not of walls but of words words of threats and alienation walls none the less But destiny would intervene a chance encounter at a shop eyes meeting in a fateful dance unspoken thoughts exchanged Notes were passed through clandestine means hidden from watchful eyes little by little trysts ensued At first with conversation then, that kiss the one that opened the prison gates to a world unknown Of freedom of the heart hands began to meander exploring the inner reaches of parts unknown He climbing past mountains of doubt she guiding his hands to her Garden of Eden both searching in the shadow of darkness Like unleashed primal beasts theirs was a passion in a fertile land breath taking and breathless the planting of seeds Would soon bear fruit the chains that once held them now kept them close the escape complete February 24, 2018