Forbidden Lover

  In this moment the rain falls and the levee disputes her ability to endure
But I spent my whole life enduring a torrent and bolstering my shield
   at first from twigs and stones
Now I stand stronger than I could imagine, my capacity is a dam of my very design
I mourn the youth this world took from my soul much too soon and I am not invincible
I am afraid of being wrong and ending up alone
   caught in the middle of all my feelings and self-doubt
But I wonder if complacency would claim me as I’ve seen it grow in all whom I loved before
If I accept solely what seems accepted by my family and peers rather than risking it all for that one chance,
A chance all of us dream of… an opportunity for the life I believed I could only dream up
   and it lies within this union that I push boundaries and breach barriers I’ve been taught to support
But I went against the tides
   simply hoping what I find on the greener side is the thing I truly longed for