You cant eat all the flowers

i came to you like the discovery of honeysuckle

with an innocence of days in the sun

and although i still bloom

you cant eat all the flowers

but you still can taste my sweetness

and as you walk by knowing

im fully ripe for the picking

you are not a child

and time will not allow

you to hang on the vine and revisit

to savor

just the drop of natural confection that i am

so you fill your life with grainy sugars and jellys way to overpowering for your taste

while you long to drown in my honeysuckle stream

even though theres no such thing

keep m as a childhood dream

Remember honeysuckle caught between your finger and thumb

Remember that you were the first one

Remember that my sweetness was just for you

Remember naturally knowing exactly what to do

to get a taste

stick your tounge out tilt your head back

under the sun and wait

but remember you cant eat all the flowers!

Reviews

[bey]

i loved the title.


-bey

[Jason]

I too enjoy this piece (Probably because one really cant eat all the flowers).

"to savor


just the drop of natural confection that i am


so you fill your life with grainy sugars and jellys way to overpowering for your taste


while you long to drown in my honeysuckle stream"


Nice we often try and replace the thing we have lost/longing for with cheap imitations, when the only thing that is going to really satisfy us is the real thing.

Over all great write.

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

what a great poem!! kinda like a "i am woman, hear me roar" type of vibe. as if you are saying, "i know i'm sweet, i know i am all that, but don't eat too much!" hold back. ha ha. i loved it sheerpoetry. your writing is playful and clever.

kena