Pearl River Community College's award winning literary magazine

Special Edition—Spring-Summer 1998

Poetry Section

Becky Coco

The Forbidden Castle

Darkness is what lies ahead.
Darkness is the place I tread.
Darkness is what steals my days;
I live in Forbidden Castle.

Blood and vermin pave the way
From each maligning daily spray.
Terror reigns another day
Here in Forbidden Castle.

Mistress of Anguish lives here, and reigns
With her acid and with her chains.
Says she wants to cleanse our stains
Cleansed in Forbidden Castle.

Running from the hopeless chase,
I speed up my failing pace.
The Mistress and I stand face-to-face
Again in Forbidden Castle.

The Mistress is one with just four eyes;
Two that see, two despise.
She is the queen of Mr. Hyde,
The psycho of Forbidden Castle.

Vicious lies and trying troubles,
Crimson gore and toil doubles,
From her mouth, the poison bubbles,
Dangers of Forbidden Castle.

Could it be?
Is it light I see?
Only my imagination mocking me.
Locked away without a key
Hopelessly in Forbidden Castle.