Forbidden Fruit

We all want things that we can't have. It's human nature. its the sick, sordid truth to our very existence. Like a slow poison, desire creeps through our veins more often than not. Sometime we resist. And sometimes we give in to it. 

Temptation.Whether its the urge to cheat on your diet or your significant other or even on a pop quiz...we are all tempted to do things that we know, will have an ugly result. So why do we do it anyway? It's because each and every one of us hopes that we are the exception. The one person who is exempted from facing the wrath of our poor decisions simply because we believe we are better than the next person. 

I recently dipped my toes into the dangerous waters of delusion. I didn't fall. I stumbled. Not into love, but into liking. It was short lived but every single second scared me and I could feel the guilt gnawing at my conscience. Why? The object of my affection was forbidden fruit. 

I knew that if I took a bite, my world would come crashing down on me. That made it all the more irresistible, all the more frightening. And for some crazy reason, i justified myself with the deluded ideas of kismet and fate that had somehow become my shield. I had been put under a spell that stopped me from thinking straight. I was lucky to make it out unscathed but it was enough to teach me that while there may be many things that tempt me, I will be a stronger, better human being if I refuse to give in. 

It's takes some people months, some years and some forever to realize that  each and every human is equal and is equally vulnerable to the unwritten laws that have bound humanity and kept it from falling off the edge of time and space. We must save each other from none other than ourselves.