Bon Apetite

What is that lying on your plate
That bloody pulsing thing-
Oh, that's my heart

Tell me, how do you like it?
You may need to add salt
It is bland I am sure

What do you taste, tell me-
Can you taste the sadness
The heartache, loneliness

I mean it is apparent
See- you put it all there- you
I gave you my heart and

You chewed it up
Spit it out like flavorless gum
Tossed it away like used kleenex

So... please,
Enjoy, eat up-
Bon Apetite

Author's Note

UGH .. not so good .. i wrote this so long ago .. lost it .. the first one was better , a little , but see, i forgot it and started over .

Reviews

[Ladysue]

Oh, this is an excellent way to get the message across...I love the title...superb imagery...you penned this so well...

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Some people do treat love like fast food then leave the person feeling like the wrapper in the trash.

[Timtim]

I think the poem has a very interesting concept... But you give it away too quickly? try rearranging the stanza's to give rise in the tempo of the poem. Great idea.

[Jibey]

The image change to gum and then kleenex is a hard transition to grasp... but maybe this jolts us to feel the pain... what should be a warm and succulent heart loses its texture in the mouth of the one who devours... and is only then fit to be thrown away..

Nicely constructed... fused with sadness

[Desert Dreamer]

I am surprised by the image here, and I love the metaphor...one would think that if someone is going to take our heart and chew it up that at least they would take time to discover what it is made of...I'm glad you gave this one another try, it is not lost after all.

[Greg Skura]

Ouch! Great imagery you have created here! Well Done!