The Forbidden Hill

The Forbidden Hill

May Kwek

A long time ago

In a land right on my back door

There was a hill

Forbidden to all

It was the home

To Kings and to Queens

Where the whole island

And the bay could be seen

There was palace there

So very long ago

It is gone now

From mind and memory too

I wonder what happened there

What stories took place

Who grew up there?

And were they in the King’s grace?

Why was it abandoned?

What crisis took place?

What would cause the royal house

To fall into disgrace?

The hill is no longer forbidden

Now it is open to all

Yet when I visit

I still see royalty’s fall

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