The Forbidden Fruit

For Messie Thebest

And she looked straight into my eyes

Like a beam of light travelling in a straight line

With that courage and boldness of a lioness

Lacking that natural coyness of a woman

And gently whispered into my left ear

“Each time I set my eyes on you,

I feel like to eat the forbidden fruit.”

Chukwunwikezarramu Okumephuna

August 29, 2009.