Posted on August 16, 2013 by

simple is sometimes sugar
in six-carbon rings

but we are far more complex–
the bite of lemon on the tongue,
a kissing bitterness

only sweet in the remembering

About Susan L Daniels

I am a firm believer that politics are personal, that faith is expressed through action, and that life is something that must be loved and lived authentically--or why bother with any of it?
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18 Responses to

  1. justaregularcrazyspiritualhuman says:
    August 17, 2013 at 7:00 am

    Touché!!! Beautiful.

    (Oh, but depends though on who is remembering. Some of us remember the whole experience and relive it).

  2. unfetteredbs says:
    August 17, 2013 at 7:30 am

    Ahhh yes.

  3. Alice Keys says:
    August 17, 2013 at 10:39 am

    Your poem captures well the human tendency to recall the sweet and forget the bitter over time. This makes the “good old days” sweeter than they may have been at the time.

  4. Paul F. Lenzi says:
    August 17, 2013 at 11:30 am

    molecular chemistry – there is no end to your string of muses

  5. nelle says:
    August 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm

    Lemon kiss, sweet in the remembering. Sometimes it works the other way, too.

  6. StacyMichelle says:
    August 18, 2013 at 3:59 pm

    Oh Susan, get out of my closet!

  7. readinpleasure says:
    August 20, 2013 at 9:51 am

    bitter-sweet memories

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