It's only in the shadows

We can meet despite the

World around us

Disapproving of our union

Why is it wrong

To love you so strongly?

Why should I deny

The very reason my heart beats?

Yes, my love. It beats

Only for you.

For your laugh, your smile,

Your kiss, your touch.

Our hearts beat as one

Because that is what we are.

We are one in mind,

In body and in soul.

Why then must I deny you?

Must I pretend to hate you?

Must I be trapped in chains

Not even of my own making?

I so long to break free

To be released from the tight grip.

A moment with you,

And the chains melt away.

This world is not enough.

Our love is too much for it.

They'll never accept us.

We'll never be free.

A world for us is not too much to ask.

But I'm frightened.

For the only world that would accept

Us is the afterlife.

We must wait a little longer.

Try harder. Who knows?

Our love will never change,

But maybe the world will.

Now things are different

You've turned my hate

Into something you can use.

Love is your cruelest torment.