Open Poetry #13 |
Chocolate wrappers |
Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
I opened my box of chocolates to see sweet wrappers in bright colours the reds, the greens and the golden hued each one bringing back memories as if the hidden grey cells were being coloured again I remember the girl who sat next to me with a pencil between her teeth trying to fight acute hunger she felt just before a break I had given her a chocolate wrapped in golden hue and how well her face had shone for the rest of the day! I remember the day my teacher had got angry at all of us vagrant souls trying to play mischief with childish pranks like throwing pieces of chalk and feeding on noisy chewing gum I decided to give my teacher one with a violet wrapper that calmed her down I remember one of my big days at school when I won a prize for writing an essay pollution and its hazards, that was what it was all about, and I had written my heart's fill about the grassy meadows I gave myself a big milk chocolate and kept the green wrapper aside I remember the evening walk that I shared with my pre-teen crush one pre-summer evening as we indulged in sluggish motion keeping a calculated distance as if controlled by passing of time we had both eaten a chocolate each and I saved the bright red wrappers now I saw my yesterdays in delightfully coloured wrappers each one from a particular time some meant more than others but each one had a meaning all the same and I flashed a smile at my childish games! |
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Dennis Member
since 2001-02-19
Posts 235Indiana |
Have you ever had Milk Duds? You would love them..... Dennis [This message has been edited by Dennis (edited 05-08-2001).] |
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Songbird Member Elite
since 1999-12-15
Posts 2184Missouri |
This is beautiful! I am so glad I didn't miss it! You have a beautiful way with words, this is a very expressive poem. I hope to see more of your writings. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
very good my friend. . . you do have a wonderful way of seeing the world. . . excellent. . . ----------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Dennis, Songbird, thanks for your words of encouragement Sir Sven, thanks for the wonderful compliments... and for coming by Regards to all, Sudhir |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
I smiled, too. *S* What a great walk through memories... The theory around my office is that chocolate may not help... but it never hurts! *G* |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
That's so true... Thanks for coming by, suthern... regards, sudhir |
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