Leave Your Flavor

Essence

Tell without saying

Sing without music

Paint the word canvas

Give the world a glimpse

One bitter sweet taste

The touch of a cheek

The sound of a snore

The truth of memory

Write what you know

Quirky or precious or dark

Create when you’re down

Involve the scene

Mountains or attics or busy streets

Cover the moment

A lapse; a journey; a triumph

Lead with your essence

Snippets of truths

Shine the story

Like buffing an apple

Disciple YOUR heart

Tell yourself: Tell your reader

Your seeded core is solid

Connect your finger

To the mouth of your reader

Allow poetry to be devoured.

Your essence is round…

Convey the red, the sweet, the fruit

Leave your flavor

To drip down the chin.

Authenticity: what makes you authentically you? What flavor do you leave behind? Here is your moment to be in the now. Follow each of your senses and make note; in the scene around you, what are you seeing? what stands out? And how does your environment it feel? Can you touch a object with your hand? Are you outside in the soup bowl humid heat of august? Now focus on listening to each sound. Are there slight rhythms, or loud noises? What about smell? Your nose picks up on what? if there are no aromas, what smell would be fitting? And lastly, do you taste the sweetness of the apple? Or the chill of the ice cold lemonade? Maybe you are chewing? What if you could change the taste and texture?

Now, check in with your whole self; are you more settled; more grounded? Can you let the pain or the numb slide right off to be immersed in the moment? Can you share the moment with an empty page, a friend, a stranger?

Let me ask you, when you watch someone else completely enjoy their own moment, does it not bring a smile to your heart?