I used to like marshmallows. I really did. Really.
I liked the sweetness of a taste, the roasting, that pleasant
crackling of the fire that split grim silence of the night.
I liked watching as my wool white friend would turn a crisp brown
and then onward to a blacker hue.
But all that changed went to my dismay
I learned--
learned I had lost the skill, that great ability to roast with ease.
The wool whites fled my presence for the first time and dropped past my knees.
And what once was sweet turned bitter in my mouth.
In honesty, most of them came not near to my mouth, or to my hand,
but they came nearer and nearer to the blaze as they dropped,
for he must have offered them something I had not.
Every time one slid, the heavy thud
resounded through my heart and mind.
What had happened? Why had they betrayed me?
So long old friend, I can not bear thy kin anymore,
lest yee jump from my stick and die amidst a flaming fire.
I liked the sweetness of a taste, the roasting, that pleasant
crackling of the fire that split grim silence of the night.
I liked watching as my wool white friend would turn a crisp brown
and then onward to a blacker hue.
But all that changed went to my dismay
I learned--
learned I had lost the skill, that great ability to roast with ease.
The wool whites fled my presence for the first time and dropped past my knees.
And what once was sweet turned bitter in my mouth.
In honesty, most of them came not near to my mouth, or to my hand,
but they came nearer and nearer to the blaze as they dropped,
for he must have offered them something I had not.
Every time one slid, the heavy thud
resounded through my heart and mind.
What had happened? Why had they betrayed me?
So long old friend, I can not bear thy kin anymore,
lest yee jump from my stick and die amidst a flaming fire.