An Ending
Light seeking
used by permission of the artist
we had the conversation across the table
as all lovers do
when things get rough.
pasta took on its sauce
formaggi adhering
to ragged pieces
of love left
behind on the plate
like so much snow.
and when we were done,
i looked over at the fairy lights behind your head
and wondered what tomorrow would like like
when i woke up and realized that
cheese was the best part of today.
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey Howitt 2014
posted for dVerse
Oh the vivid dreams of food.. when I dream of food.. I usually have to rush to the kitchen ravenously hungry...
ReplyDeleteMe too! Smiles to you!
Deleteoh heck... that is painful... i mean, i like cheese a lot - but all the cheese in the world doesn't taste anymore when a love comes to an end like this....ouch...
ReplyDeleteNope--it all kind of tastes terrible
Deleteyeah... Like Claudia said, if cheese is the best part of your day, it usually doesn't taste as good. Nice take on the prompt! I'll go have some cheddar now... smiles
ReplyDeleteMe, I'll take the Gouda!
DeleteI agree...if cheese is the best part of your day..that is sad!
ReplyDeleteHi Ayala! Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteHmm. Yes. Been there (haven't we all?). Well done - and I hope cheese is back on the menu, along with love.
ReplyDeleteI guess we have all been there at some time or another--thanks Freya!
Deleteouch. what a last line....ha. well i could think of worse days...at least you had cheese....smiles...oy, though def sounds like a rough one...at least you are talking as well...smiles...
ReplyDeleteHey Brian--smiles back atcha!
DeleteWow, very cool write. Powerful too.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn! A short one--I too worry about my poems being too short.
DeleteI too love cheese ~ But ouch on the sad and rough ending ~ Maybe both need additional light for inspiration? ~ Thanks so much for participating Audrey ~ Wishing you Happy week ~
ReplyDeleteHappy week to you too Grace!
DeleteFood as metaphor - nothing much more powerful than that. Loved the last line! Good stuff.
ReplyDeleteThank you Beachanny!
DeleteHa ..creative take on the painting...when the chips are down, what a friend we have in cheeses!:)
ReplyDeleteA friend in cheese is a friend indeed!
DeleteHi Audrey what began with he suggestion of hope was dashed by the end. Sad I thought that cheese was the highlight of the evening.
ReplyDeleteI have been there! Sometimes, cheese id the highlight!
DeleteLove this . . . it has a very human quality to it, that is very effective.
ReplyDeleteThank you Wendy! Hope all is well for you!
DeleteI guess cheese was the highlight of the day, perhaps, tomorrow some exotic food will
ReplyDeletespice up the night..
Maybe curry?? One of my faves! Smiles to you Truedessa!
Deletesometimes love is a wonderful cheese, and sometimes it's a stinky one. At least stinky cheeses can be good :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a well-developed metaphor, Audrey. There are those kind of days.
ReplyDeleteI love cheese but hope for a day that brings more treasures than that. lol
ReplyDeleteSo now I'm sad and hungry. I guess I'll go fix one with the other. Some days it just pays to be an emotional eater :)
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Victoria. Wonderful write!
Sadness is filled in break up but then we still have to eat to live.
ReplyDeleteA perfect last line! :)
ReplyDeleteragged pieces of love left - so poignant an image - beautifully done
ReplyDeleteEat to live, live to love, Audrey; your protagonist poetic is having an emotional bump, but somewhere out there, there is another cheese salesman wanting to trim her edges.
ReplyDeleteWe chose the same image, yet saw something completely different in it... That's what real poetry, and real art, is about. This piece was extremely moving for me to read... Thank you!
ReplyDeleteA powerful piece, and a beautiful painting...loved it
ReplyDeleteIntake of food apparently correlates inversely to the progress with age. Food needed for growth so lots when younger. But at old age various ailments restrict intake tremendously. Wonderful write Audrey!
ReplyDeleteHank