Forbidden Poem by Maya Hanson

As a tangle of forbiddens
slip through my fingers
half a tree grows in seconds
and an atom splits the night

If a sparrow's breath can't get by
how will my screams pass
subside as the cliff drags me,
I'm eternally last

My future is
forbidden,
my every move
a curse
My eyes are closing
for better or
for worse

My life is
forbidden,
my breath gone
to its grave
So my screams
pierce the mountains
hoping I can be saved

Rushes of blood linger
I'm half cold, half too alive
to bear this asymmetry
falling from the midnight sky

When I creep through the shadows
I reach for sunlight but then
the bridges to otherworlds
slip past me again

We used to be magic,
we used to be marvelous
Glittering, guiding the lights
we knew they'd follow us

Now I'm the last of the lanterns,
I'm coming undone
I'm straying from the path
letting go of everyone

My future is
forbidden,
my every move
a curse
My eyes are closing
for better or
for worse

My life is
forbidden,
my breath gone
to its grave
So my screams
pierce the mountains
hoping I can be saved