Poetry Contest Poetry Contest

Licorice Tongue

By William Hernandez-Han   

Your worst flavor
I loved too much
A bitter taste
An even worse aftertaste
All stuck on my tongue.

I loved you
As I loved your licorice tongue
Always spewing sweet lies
Trying to cover its black truth
The black that was in your eyes
The black behind your lies

Love you’d call it
I used to say the same thing
It felt so real
It even felt sweet
But now
Now that sweetness is gone
All that is left
Is the bitter licorice
Still left on my tongue

Poem Rating:
Click To Rate This Poem!

Continue Rating Poems


[facebookall_comments]

Leave a Reply


This Poems Story

I hate licorice



Public Collections Containing This Poem

Other Poems By This Author

View More