11 Our Hearts' Refrain (Revisited)

we were forbidden to speak forbidden to meet one another's gaze but what stolen glances could not sustain our bodies spoke our hearts' refrain
	we are ruled by archaic laws laws created to keep bloodlines pure pure of the taint our union would bring
we were forbidden to touch forbidden to dance in one another's arms but what stolen glances could not sustain our bodies spoke our hearts' refrain
	we are ruled by our hearts hearts that refused to bend bend to the elitests' views of lineage lineage we would dilute with our coupling
we were forbidden to meet forbidden to be alone with one another but what stolen glances could not sustain our bodies spoke our hearts' refrain
	we are ruled by our love love that grew from our hearts' desires desires that knew nothing of ancient laws
we were forbidden to love forbidden to share our lives with one another but what stolen glances could not sustain our bodies spoke our hearts' refrain
	we are ruled by truth truth that our destiny is ours' alone alone for us to choose and follow follow to the ends of the earth together

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i let it stew for a bit (see original Our Hearts' Refrain)...in the end i embedded four additional stanzas using a variation on loop poetry...the four new stanzas could too probably stand on their own...i can't decide if i should let them stand together or separate them into their own entities.  for now i'll let them blend...

while inspired by Jingle Poetry's Poetry Potluck [Language, Signs, and Signals], it did not ripen in time for this past Monday's post...strangely enough, i think it might still fit with this upcoming Poetry Potluck [Rules, Regulations, and Laws], we'll have to see if it ferments in time...

0 Letting Go

I desperately want to hide
hide away somewhere secure and safe
safe from the torture of being unable to do something
something they should be doing but lack action

I don't want to me near the craziness
craziness that is perpetuated over and over
over time you'd think it would balance
balance so the craziness didn't cause such detriment

I know I'm taking the cowards way out
out of the bureaucracy that ties my hands
hands that long to get dirty and yet are useless
useless and unable to make a big wave

So I rather hide away from it all and ignore
ignore what I cannot change and yet needs to
to bury myself back in the trenches
trenches where I can make small waves of change

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thought i'd try something new...loop poetry.  it worked well enough for expressing my current state of frustration and hopelessness.