CHOCOLATE

There are nuts in its depths

Or cherries in the center

Oft times you can’t tell

Before you enter

Into the box and bite into one

What there will be

At the tip of your tongue

Will it delight?

What taste will you savor?

Will it be bland?

Bursting with flavor?

Sometimes a chocolate

Is milky-white

It may be light brown,

Have caramel inside

Or darkest of dark for the

Lovers of night

However it looks,

So tasty it might

Have you going back

To the box for one more

Till the next thing you know

You’ve had three or four

Something about

This treat is addicting

Good for what ails you

And oh, so conflicting

For when you eat it,

It draws you right in

So that you feel you are

Committing a sin!

This is how it was

When I was with you

I knew that you were

Sin to eschew

I knew that you might

Hold a center of gold

Or on the other hand

If I may be so bold

You may have been

Satan disguised

As the handsome man

Behind those dear eyes

But the covering, oh

‘Twas a sight to behold

The lure that you held

Was much brighter than gold

I saw and I heard and

I could not give up

I wanted to eat

At your table, and sup

Succulent feast and

Sumptuous meats

Just to be in your presence

Was like dainty treats

My taste buds devoured

What you had to give

I had to have you

In order to live

When I knew that I

Would not see you again

I wanted to die

Don’t you see that, Brad,

My beautiful friend?

I pined and I panicked

To know I no longer could

Eat of you freely

As a starving girl would

So I thought that a pill

Or six, maybe a lot

Would make me sleep

To forget this my lot

Yet I entered the doc’s

Knowing help I’d receive

And in killing myself

I would never succeed

For had my true wish

Been just to give in

I would have done so

It would have been the end

But instead I acknowledged

That help I would need

In order to,

In this life, succeed

I know now that I

Can exist without you

Live life to the fullest

Being glad that I knew

Such a darling stranger

For such a short time

Who changed my whole life

By just stopping by

Thank you for what you

Meant to me, Brad

For the three weeks I knew you

And the time that we had.

And should you pass by

And stop in again

I’ll be able to talk

And laugh without pain

For I am not the girl

That you knew

I am unique—

Just one of two

Who turned your head

To take second looks

Loved me and then

My arms you forsook

To follow the path

That was right for you

One that is followed

By so very few

The path of integrity

Not chosen by most

Is what I love about you

I proudly can boast

So live a long life

Knowing that I

Will always see you

As the apple of my eye.

Bonniegirl.