I like
Lemon’s, even vinegar and sour sweets
A taste for all-things bitter
Innate
As-if, even Fate felt guilty
Knowing the flavour of life that awaits
© L. B. Mek
October 2022
-
Author:
L. B. Mek (
Offline) - Published: October 28th, 2022 03:18
- Category: Unclassified
- Views: 18
- User favorite of this poem: Poetic Dan.
Offline)
Comments6
It still amazes me that sourness and bitterness are so closely related, a very striking metaphor. Can’t wait to drizzle a meal in lemon, lime and a dash of balsamic vinegar…. You have made me hungry Mek!
lol
(I'm glad, a good appetite is not something to take for granted
thank you dear Poet)
it's funny, a salad without lemon seems out of place
and yet, a squeeze too much and it becomes too sour
and so
we just need fate, to tone it down a little
allocate us enough, so we appreciate
those sweeter moments, in our chaotic salad of life
it seems we have similar tastes and a predilection for honesty, justice and universal truth ............ Neville
Thank you Hyung, how kind
for those be the very same traits
I appreciate most in your poems
and of course, your wondrous grasp of subtlety
The taste for life''s tang can be sour at time and has been outlined so well here with imageryr and bitter-sweet meanings - - a fine read L.B.
indeed, so glad you picked up on the sweet tones dear Fay
'melancholic sweet', maybe
but there is some sweetness in facing our life's realities
at the very least, a preparedness and acceptance
that makes those bitter mouthfuls in life
that much more bearable...
(or I like to fool myself into thinking
this is an aspect of practical utility
in our introspective endeavours)
lol
All things are good in a mix, like your words that bring together many poets as I'm a huge lover of everything sweet!
..
Lemon cake
Go on!
Lemon Cake, my Fav!
That lemon curd does it for me all the time, lol
Thank you, kind Poet
Indeed
'let's endeavour to enjoy our lemonade's
mixing-in a few sweet granules of smiles
to those plaguing, hurtful flavours of life'
and we'll all meet
on those dreamy mojito lanes
of our inking's poetic journeys
🍸 cheers
Yes, how can you ever know sweet if you're not familiar with sour and bitter? Well done.
what encouraging words, thank you dear poet
Like art, taste is an individual issue. I to enjoy the bitter and sour but also the salty and sweet. A wonderful metaphor L.B.
very much so, I truly agree dear Poet
'each life is an individually eclectic, experience
and yet its sum seems to be collectively universal
more of that juxtaposition, nature loves so much'
lol
To be able to comment and rate this poem, you must be registered. Register here or if you are already registered, login here.