Love Poem: Disappointment
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Written by: Elena Welsh

Disappointment

I had a taste of disappointment today 
It was bitter, foul on my tongue 
It helped me to sink further into my self-inflicted misery 
It left me somewhere between 
Telling myself it’ll be ok
And believing I’m stupid to be feeling anything at all 
I had a taste of disappointment 
It was possibly the worst thing I could have ingested 
And you gave me the spoon with which I could eat it 
But you ate some too 
And I love you anyway 
We tasted disappointment 
But we know it’ll digest eventually
And we understand that sometimes we’ll have to endure 
That obscene taste again
And that disappointment is not the end
Just something to cringe at, consume, and move on from