THE GAUNTLET

 Lovers playing with fire
Enthralled with enormous desire
Blazing fires from within
Filled with lustful sin
Ran the gauntlet of censure
Forbidden games of pleasure

Weakness to temptation, fragile as a dove
Totally consumed with the flames of love
Souls burning in hell while still alive
Lovers’ thirst for nectars can not be deprived
Their love for each other can not be denied
Illicit affair, they now must hide

Do we condemn such illicit affair—
Forbidden love, is it really fair?
Before we drop the gauntlet of criticism
And drown in the sea of skepticism
Let it be known they are a match in heaven
But parental and church blessings, not given