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Stone fruit

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 years ago 1 min read
Stone fruit
Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash

You are a stone fruit. Dancing in the plastic tree of my youth. I wanted to eat the delicious plastic cherries

I am the stone fruit, the stone pained and deserted

The fruit split from the seed

Burst from the open, raw sun

Leaking it's glands, so blistering and hot

Onto my stone

Groveling like a crying child under a weeping willow

You became my stone fruit

You smashed the fruit into pulpy masses that leaked too little water

You dappled in the society of sin

Without actually diving in to touch the stone inside

You judged yet you painted us like a canvas

A pretty canvas you can amuse yourself

Lies like how I told myself you really cared

Stone fruit, humans are stone fruit

Sucked bittersweet, angry and alone

Alone even with the others hanging next to them

Crying tears of life & love unlived

heartbreak

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago

    Gosh this was so profound, poignant, intense and emotional! Such a powerful punch! Loved your poem Merly!

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