taboo

don't bite the apple,
the world said,
but I did,
and wore the snake
around my neck.

don't walk on the edge,
the world said,
but I did,
and thrived on the high
of a coke-filled darkness.

don't stand naked
the world said,
but I did,
and tasted the freedom
of travelling light.

don't wage a war
the world said,
but I did,
and blazed a path
to rest these two feet

don't look that way
the world said,
but I did
and opened my own eyes
to a forsaken quest.

a list of don'ts.
a spark of fire.

taboo.

is everything virgin,
the mirror holding a lure,
seducing me to walk
with the flame of my desires
torching a darkening road,
to somewhere, to nowhere,
where I must get lost
so I can be found
whole.