This is the first poem of Matthew's that I am posting since his interview. It was written last year shortly after his 16th birthday. I received it today after he found it while going through some old boxes. - poetheart 07/13/01
Heart, you mustn't fall in love
I forbid you from that sin
Do not fall in love with her
Her heart you could never win
Her heart is connected with another
And that you could never break
Their love - stronger than the trees
Their tree you could never shake
Do not fall in love with her
Sin! It is a sin!
Her heart is forever his
You could never win
by Matthew D. Ward