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A poem about a failed relationship.

We

like peas in a pod.

Inseparable

We were

 

raw.

Lost in the vegetable gardens of summer.

Budding in the moment.

Slowly ripening with

uncertainty.

 

What if we were to grow apart?

 

And then came life.

A cold,

Winter

breeze.

 

I could feel your heart,

green with envy and neglect,

no longer connected

to

mine.

 

For miles

and miles

of poison ivy

had come between

 

us.

Like peas in a pod.

We’ve been plucked.

Lost amidst a bowl of pea soup.

Yuck!

 

Reviews

[Tricia Mc]

This one really hit home. As a girl me and my best friend were inseparable. And then we weren't. 10 years of friendship suddenly dissolved. Many years have passed since then, but it is still a tender wound.

[Tony Jordan]

I feel the deep disappointment of how this friendship turned out. Handled philosophically which I hope to learn from.
Nice write Pooja Patel.
:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

really good metaphor here.

although the ending for me feels a bit different from the "yuck"---i happen to love Pea Soup!

go figure.

but really well done...a smile in the figurative language used, but a clear message...of love and lost love.

[lua]

your metaphors are genius, never have vegetables seemed so relatable - really loved reading this

[Blu Maximo]

Nice. Very clever and has a feel of authenticity in it.