Soft Apples

disappointment abounds

There's many things in this world of ours

That make me cringe, and are so foul

But soft apples are at the top of my list today

Because they make me doubt all of my decisions

It's one thing to know before

That the apple is mediocre, and nothing more

But to entice me with a crisp shine on the outside

Only to find that the core is unappetizing

Is simply mean and uncalled for

Reviews

[Kathy Van Kurin]

"Soft Apples"
D.Connolly,
"But to entice me with a crisp shine on the outside only to find that the core is unappetizing
is simply man and uncalled for."
This one line was what caught my attention. How many times does someone come to hold a lovely fresh apple and bite into it with anticipation and find out the effort and hunger are now not to be satisfied properly? I think expectations are sometimes needed but we don't always find an expected end.
Your poem was so fun to read and analyze!
Kathy

[D Connolly]

thank-you Kathy! It's true, sometimes what we expect is not what we get, with people and apples, although I remember seriously writing this about an actual apple LOL. Thanks again!

[Kathy Van Kurin]

You know what? I get where your coming from. I love what you said; writing about one thing and getting many different takes on what you may of meant. I get so tickled about stuff like that! Well I hope you have many beautiful apples, people and experiences in your life in the future. Bless you so much!
Kathy

[Pete]

"When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it." Genesis 3:6

We all know what happened after that.

They don't call it "forbidden fruit" for nothing. Nice job. Very thought provoking. Great write.

[Mr. Lopez]

Ha! It always feels like I've been duped when this happens to me. It's great that you can find poetry in the simplest things in life. Short and fun read.

[D Connolly]

thank-you very much!

[Lorry]

Yeuch, they gross me out too, as do warm apples. I think there should be a rule that if you are sold a dodgy apple, then you should be allowed to bounce it off the sellers head....from a long way away :)

[D Connolly]

I also despise warm apples. You know, I'm not entirely sure I enjoy apples at all now that I'm thinking about it.... I will have to review my shopping choices.

[Lorry]

I like the crunch of big red apples, but green ones I can do without. Maybe if they had their own wrapper like bananas they'd be more appetising :)

[Tom]

It's always worth peeling away a few layers first of all before fully committing to the initial visual appeal!

Wonderfully appetising in the poetic sense of course !

[D Connolly]

Definitely true

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and so many people are like this...shiny on the outside, looking so nicely ripe...ready to indulge in a relationship....

and then one bite and we realize we have been totally fooled...

we are thrown out of that garden of trust.

[D Connolly]

Yes, but in a world that worships images and encourages things like selfies, what can we expect? People don't take as much time to keep the inside as tasty as the outside.

[Nessly]

Those apples and their deceptive abilities!..

[D Connolly]

thank-you for stopping in :)

[Nessly]

You're welcome. :)

[h d e rushin]

interesting.......is it not natures way of preparing us for unsure expectations? The beautiful, Michigan
Delicious apples seem to go first....Then the Honey Crisp.....then the Washington's/ but somehow nature preserves the outside....(like just about every metaphor you can name on earth) while the inside goes
to ruin.....I love the simplicity of your writing.....That disappointment abounds is a metaphor
for existence.....

I love your style......dana

[D Connolly]

thank-you so much Dana! The funniest part of this for me is that I was literally writing about my disappointing breakfast, and it wasn't until after I read it again and got a few reviews that I realized that it is, or could be, very metaphorical for life in general.

[Paul Bell]

Aw well, your five a day just went down to four. Get a case of beer to replace the apples. That's hard core.

[D Connolly]

An apple a day will keep anyone away if you throw it hard enough :)

[Paul Bell]

Got this impression of you hiding behind bushes, picking your target. If i get whacked by a shiny apple, i know it's you. lol

[Gee]

Plenty of folk like that about, and let me tell ya I've met a few. Spiffing job dear, spiffing

[D Connolly]

Thank-you my friend

[Gee]

My pleasure

[Samuel Dickens]

You're not the only to get fooled by those lousy apples. I once chose a girl who looked great on the outside but turned out to just be a pretty goblin. Oh, the futility of trying to avoid goblins and mushy apples!

[D Connolly]

It makes me doubt everything!! :)