Ode To Chocolate

Forbidden Love

You flash through my memories

In every season

As drizzle on pie in the fall,

A warm drink after sledding in the winter,

Shaped as easter eggs and bunnies in the spring.

Or in a s'more by the campfire in mid July

On every holiday

As cookies on christmas eve, 

Cake on my birthday

Or pie on Thanksgiving

Sometimes in the form of ice cream

Numbing my mouth when I am dripping in tears,

Or melting down my arms on a hot summer day

No matter what life throws at me,

chocolate,

you have always been there.

As regular, white, dark or mint, 

In ghiradelli form with caramel inside 

Mending my heart when it is feeling sore

But after I am fixed, you always leave me wanting more

Just another cupcake 

I tell myself before grabbing another

But the frosting is so sweet

I can't help but wonder

Will this one singular cupcake really show on the scale?

People love to shame you.

When I was younger people told me you were no good before bed

But you taste the best as a midnight snack

My mother always says one scoop is enough

But the chill of the whole tub in my stomach helps me feel whole

My sister once said a moment on your lips stays forever on your hips

But my hips don’t matter unless I have the will to live

Deep in my memory

Before I could even ride a bike

It was always you who made me happy

Despite the multiple tragedies I happened to face

Why do people say you're bad,

When you’re the only one who is there when I’m sad?