PAD Challenge 7
Day 7: For today's prompt, I want you to pick a plant (any plant), make that the title of your poem, and write a poem. Pretty simple. (Or is it?) Most people, including myself, immediately think of plants as organic creatures, but, of course, "plants" can also be places of employment or spies or...as you can see, there's always room for breaking outside the lines.
Two Sides
Are there two sides to every story?
I think about this as I slice a tomato in half,
the red swirl of hemispheres
divided into thick, beefy curves.
Vine ripened, savory interior
of pulp and pleasure,
fruit from a garden
I both love and hate.
One side holds what I know.
One side holds what I don’t.
One side loves completely.
One side is incapable of it.
The flesh speaks a language
I don’t understand
Hard to believe what was nurtured
from seed will end in salt
and my closed mouth wrapped
around my tongue in silence.
Two Sides
Are there two sides to every story?
I think about this as I slice a tomato in half,
the red swirl of hemispheres
divided into thick, beefy curves.
Vine ripened, savory interior
of pulp and pleasure,
fruit from a garden
I both love and hate.
One side holds what I know.
One side holds what I don’t.
One side loves completely.
One side is incapable of it.
The flesh speaks a language
I don’t understand
Hard to believe what was nurtured
from seed will end in salt
and my closed mouth wrapped
around my tongue in silence.
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