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sugar coating
by Amy NiggelYou say the word love
and it sounds the color of honey
that golden translucent shade
lovely and shimmering upon your lips
and I want nothing so much
as to touch them
take those words from your mouth
but I fear image to be misleading
that the words won't taste as sweet as they sound
so I hold back
awaiting proof
all too often I have bitten life's apple
only to have it turn sour on my tongue
I do not ask for sweetness
I only seek truth
sugar coating never helped get things down my throat
they always made me gag 11/18/2004 Author's Note: this was actually written a while ago, but I just revised it to be put up, I suck at punctuation so yeah there is none.
Posted on 11/18/2004
Copyright © 2025 Amy Niggel
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Richard Vince on 11/18/04 at 11:16 PM as long as you express what you want/need to, things like spelling and punctuation don't matter. |
| Posted by JD Clay on 11/19/04 at 02:56 PM This is an interesting slant on a hypocritical bitter pill. I agree, if it was true love it wouldn't need a fancy bow.
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