A Forbidden Love

• Bridget Marshall, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2009

We met at midnight so no one would see,

It was our little secret just him and me,

We did this nightly, there was a pull, we couldn't be apart

But our parents said no to this love, it broke my heart,

There was something hidden in our misery,

When my man had to leave, he and I wished to be free,

It was unfair when he gave me that last and final kiss,

His love for me was something I would so dearly miss,

Then he turned, torn in half was the turtle dove,

But deep down we both knew it was a forbidden love.