Delicious Temptation

Wandering delight

of luscious possibilities

flavors of cinnamon, vanilla,

sprinkled nutmeg

and sea salt

to top off caramel

and chocolate

longing.

***

Does missing someone taste like air,

like candy

or brings up fragrance of marzipan

mingled with Turkish delight

to taste the flutters

of entwined hearts?

***

The dusted pink of recollection

brings back brown sugar, toasted

cardamom

a cup of tea, the warm voice

that breaks off worries, anxiety

keeping hearts to one tune

making souls sing

or play hide-and-seek in the lane

of walking memories.

***

One taste, one sip,

of that long afternoon

the first one spent together

the first time you saw me,

when I felt gazes lock

and stay linked

in absence

or delightful laughter

of the now.

***

Mystery ever new,

story known long ago

the past and present are one

with the future,

with each second that passes,

the flavor of life together

adds the ingredients

of relish, fondness,

tender devotion

and all the sunshine in between,

the caramel-chocolate path

of tasty recollection, of

warm enjoyment.

***

The only dream that holds

the taste of macarons,

dunked in vanilla, pistachio

one drop of ganache

blueberries, lemon, lavender

finishing with red velvet

in one hug set to last

today

and every day to come.

© 2022 Amy Christie

Originally published on Medium

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