Forbidden Fruit
Jacqueline Ballard

You know how it feels when you take your first bite
You taste the nectar fill your mouth
Telling yourself it shouldn’t be this good
You go weak in the knees like you knew you would

Forbidden Fruit
You’ve been warned before
But yet and still you must find out for sure
You know nothing good can come of the affair
But frankly you don’t care when looked at with snares

People think they know and it drives you insane
But the thought of them knowing brings you no shame
For what you have discovered is better than gold
You’ve found love and it’s just part of the fold

Nothing can prepare you for what you will see
Looking through the eyes of the soul you’ll one day be
Two minds that become one body
Knowing that they’ll forever stay near
Thinking about it brings you close to tears

Forbidden Fruit
Look, but don’t touch
Society isn’t ready to deal with this kind of lust
Love that flows long and deeper than the Nile

But suddenly as the intermission nears
From out of nowhere this beauty appears
Caramel-coated, angular curves, looks that could kill

Your mouth waters and
Your soul begs you to taste
Nothing so wrong could be part of fate
But instead of fighting the urge
Defeated… you take a bite and
Your soul awakes

In this society love is blind,
But this kind of love can be classified as a crime
Old enough to look but not old enough to touch
Old enough to see, but not old enough to clutch
This beauty’s smile is one of a kind
You look to the brotha beside you and inquire
“ What do they call her?”
His answer is “Forbidden Fruit, better known as Desire.”

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