incomplete morning

incomplete morning

 

the coffee is cold

the lipstick on your cup

a faded smile

 

and my danish

tastes past its expiration date

as i stare at your empty chair

 

wondering why i forgot

to set the butter out

while you were still here.

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/1/18

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Haven’t seen you around here lately, so I hope you’re enjoying summer fun! This is a perfectly-crafted message that paints a vivid word picture of your title (which we all wish we’d thought of!) I love the examples you use to flesh out your extended metaphor! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Hi Margie....and thanks...actually i am back on temporarily...summer's three classes have had me really busy...too much so to adequately return comments..so i just shut it down for awhile...miss it when i am not here.
j.

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

And was the danishes taste the only thing that was past its expiry date? Sometimes seeing and accepting the truth is the best thing to do- sets your soul free- hope you are well🌹

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, we do get past expiration dates...in life, and love.
thank you, Rose Petal...
read moreyes, we do get past expiration dates...in life, and love.
thank you, Rose Petal...

j.

[‘Thoughts In Time’🌹]

Pleasures always mine....will do x🌹

[Chris Shaw]

A quick cup of coffee and then she was gone. You were left behind feeling undernourished. She should have been on the menu.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think she was only "carry out" and for someone else...:)
thank you, Chris.
j.

[Neville]

brings a lump to my throat.. such a sense of loss and empty space... a most memorable write tho jacob....N

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Neville.
j.

[Neville]

my sincere pleasure jacob.... N

[Gee]

Breakfast without the main ingredient, her.
Morning Jacob, good to see you back.
Hope you are well

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Gee...here for a few moments at any rate...i am fine...just really swamped with summer classes and fall starting hard upon...
j.

[Gee]

Ah well, less time for you to be misbehaving:)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I distinctly remember my grandmother doing that very thing - setting the butter out so it wouldn't be hard to spread. I think that must have been before the softer tubs of butter hit the market, but she was never one who bothered with a simpler way of doing things. I'd be willing to bet the danish was from "Entenmann's", but that empty chair really got me...it really got me good!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Yes, now we have the soft tubs...instant gratification is what the world is now made of...thank you for your kindness, Kelly.
j.

[sette]

absence really makes the heart grow fonder and when he/she is no longer there that is the only time that you realize that you miss that person...

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, sette.

j.

[Relic]

It's funny the things that go through our heads when someone's gone. I remember after my mother died I felt guilty for not putting a book back on her shelf the night before.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Relic.

j.