Judged and found guilty and sentence pronounced. <br />Life for the love I couldn’t denounce. <br />Pure gentle and true, though tinged with blue. <br />Is that such a crime, my love for you. <br /> <br />The ring of your laughter’s a beautiful sound. <br />Its you that makes my whole world go around. <br />We both saw the writing upon the wall. <br />But when it all started we’d not planned to fall. <br /> <br />The times we had could not have been better. <br />So who would believe it could end with a letter. <br />When we parted I lived in a cloud. <br />So dark and dank it felt like a shroud. <br /> <br />Lost and alone and empty inside. <br />Swept along on a cold grey rip tide. <br />I can’t live with you or give you my name. <br />But I can’t live without you I can’t stand the pain. <br /> <br />Then when you rang the sun shone anew. <br />Lifting the clouds as I talked to you. <br />Tears of joy and relief ran down my face. <br />It’s nice to be back in the human race. <br /> <br />Now one things for sure, this love is for real. <br />And time will not heal the feelings we feel. <br />Illicit love is painful indeed. <br />But better by far than unfulfilled need. <br /> <br />There is no escaping this prison we’re in. <br />We’ll be there forever to pay for our sin. <br />So lock the cell door on our world sweet and warm. <br />And cuddled together we’ll weather the storm.<br /><br />David Barlow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/illicit-love-2/
