Forbidden Desire

Desiree was missing, presumed dead,
But I wasn’t giving up on my sister.
People don’t just disappear—
Not on an island this small.
Now I’m swept up in its strange secrets,
Confined within its unyielding customs.
I won’t succumb to the alluring giant with the deep blue eyes,
Won’t consent to the captivity he calls desire.
Passion this forbidden can never be sustained.