“Ode to Chocolate”

Your silken skin
so cool and smooth,
melting
on my tongue,
this moment
I'll cherish,
lavishing
in the richness
of your marrow,
forever bonding
me to you

You soothe my every woe
More than you know

You're a delicacy
To my soul,
Oh, chocolate

~*~
03/20/07

This was written for a poetry challenge to write a poem about chocolate.


This poem won FIRST PLACE
in WOSIB's Literary Garden's
March'07 Poerty Challenge.


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