Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden fruit I & II Emily Dickinson

I
Forbidden fruit a flavour Has
That lawful orchards mocks;
How luscious lies the pea within
The pod that duty locks!

II
Heaven is what I cannot reach!
The apple on the tree,
Provided it do hopeless hang,
That ‘heaven’ is, to me.

The colour on the cruising cloud
The interdicted ground
Behind the hill, the house behind—
There paradise is found!