We Can’t Tell Dad

We can’t tell my dad

He will stop me

He will stop us.

He says our love is wrong

So we hide our love from him.

But not from us.

Not from your car or your bed or your hair or your eyes

Or my hand

Or my lips.

Love is joy

Love is you

I am with you

You are everything to me.

We play

We kiss

We touch

We feel

We love

We can do it all.

But we can’t tell my dad.

We can’t tell my mom

She is afraid of dad

She will tell him.

He will stop me

He will stop us.

I hurt when I see him

I hurt when I see her

I hurt when I am not with you.

I make you hurt

I am sorry for hurting you

You will hurt more if we continue.

But he is bad, not us.

Our love is pure

Our love is holy.

I can run away with you

Will you run away with me?