Tastes - Inktober 2018 day 26

Tastes

You were every flavour I had never tried 

Bitter marmalade

Clever caramels 

Until I could taste you 

Then you became vanilla 

I put you on a pedestal of tastes on my tongue 

Turned you into something marvellous 

Something clever

Some inconceivable gastronomic delight 

But you were so bland,

So poorly seasoned.

I imagined you as a feast 

Of mismatched salt and sweet

Something harsh and cracking 

But you were so lacking.

I am sorry to strip you of your flavour,

Now you’ve fallen out of favour.

But I pictured you so perfect,

‘Til you deserted,

Dissolved to nothing on my tongue,

And it is bittersweet 

To know this meal is done.