fondant

I hate fondant

the day is adorned
with organza and
flowers that will
soon be dried
in an empty vase --

lifeless as the
promises spoken
to a God
not everyone is
sure exists.

the guests pick at
cake beautifully
decorated in fondant --
sticky sweet,
unfit to eat.

years later
they pretend
to wonder
why anyone
would cheat.

Author's Note

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Sometimes everything is just for show and it is so disappointing when we realize that perhaps none of it was ever really real. The title is perfect.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the time.

[Rita L. Sev]

Excellent metaphor, KL - that fondant, those words - so sickeningly sweet, not the real deal at all... That's why I chose buttercream frosting for ours. Sure, it's fattening and a bit messy, but so is Life. ;)

[Lyn Anderson]

Very good. Thanks, I appreciate it.

[Delmar Cooper]

This cake was layered in a pleasing form. "Keep your eye on the pea, never take your eyes off it. Ah, wrong again. Once more perhaps?"

[Lyn Anderson]

I have learned never to say never

[Rene Salinas]

I wil never forget standing on the altar and getting the question from the minister of peace or whatever he was, but not a priest as my better half wanted it. While he goes through the ritual and at some point the rhetorical question gets to you. You feel like looking back and saying : Could you really explain that to me in detail. Obviously due to time contraints and most in there just wanting to get drunk it is not the right time. But just like this lines expressively relay it is an even that will dictate many aspects of your life. Oh you think you are not up to it?

Don't get into it then

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

Ah, what the hell. My first husband was drunk and stoned when he said his vows, my second was stoned and then got drunk, looking right into my eyes as he was stealing thousands of dollars behind my back. Yep, why stand up in front of friends, family, and God and pretend you are ready for a commitment you are not? I don't know. I know, in my heart, for the right man, I was ready, I just picked the wrong one twice and now am too bitter to probably ever take that leap of faith again. Whew. Glad no one much pays attention to me anyway.:)

[Rene Salinas]

KL that's hilarious for all the wrong reasons, stoned - drunk , drunk - stoned. Sighs in retrospect maybe a little wild?

[Lyn Anderson]

I was blind. I didn't understand myself. My needs, my wants, my innate personality. I was naive. Twice. How, I don't know. Fall in and then don't know how to dig my way out no matter how bad it gets. So when people read me and think, is she bitter, is she nuts, is she in love out of love, what -- I am all of that, and more ...

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Marriage vows are all two often broken and yes we are left wondering what happened in between as the wedding day simply becomes insignificant and we dump the phots in the trash. This has such mixed emotions in it but tis very expressive.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much for taking the time, John.