As I wait for the next batch of food to arrive,
From the hands of another stranger..
I stare at a lonely crumb on the edge of the couch.
So gruesomely broken
Torn away from the whole it once was.
Just a remnant of a previous self.
Useless now. A mere distraction.
And just a reason for cleaning up.
No longer enticing, or cause for joy,
No longer a part to a bigger picture.
It makes me think of you, and the pieces of us.
And the way we lost all of that into splinters of self.
Just parts of a glorious past, stuck to a teetering edge.
Mere moments from being cast aside.
And while my heart bleeds at that train of thought – my head just adds:
‘Ain’t that the way the cookie crumbles’.
Cookie crumbles

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So I really want to see more poems from you. Excellent. I wish I could write poems like that. I couldn’t either see meaning in a cookie crumb…I would just brush it away but you wrote a great poem about it…
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There’s always magic in even the littlest of things ๐คฉ๐
And I’m sure you could as well – it just takes trying ๐ค Thanks!
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Well, don’t you just take the biscuit?
Beautiful and funny. Totally Zo.
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All the biscuits are belong to me ๐คญ
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This is a wonderful poem! Very creative idea.
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Glad you liked it, thanks!
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Well, that was just very nice, well done! ๐That, and I get a certain craving for chocolate chip cookies, but maybe thatโs just me ๐
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I dunno…it’s more of a permanent craving here on this side xD
I even crave them as I’m eating them ๐
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by the smell
you can tell
waiting is worth it sometimes
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Got a super mixed emotion reading this. I almost felt bad for the crumbs, but then fourth paragraph come and I was like ‘ah’ (with a nod) then last sentence… I smile. A bittersweet one.
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Cheers to Chewy ๐ช Cookies Toasted
Crispy Tend to
Crumble
More
Yes
Anyway
Well Done
On Dealing
With Crumbles๐ช๐
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Beautifully written ๐
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Wow! What an Awesome post, My Dear! What a clever and brilliant use of simile! Loved it!
xoxo
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Thanks you so much!
(Also for the reblog!)
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