Unsalted

On By Veera

Hey all!I’m back with my next quadrille. Enjoy!

When devoid of salt,
Does food not lose
Its charm,its wonder,
Its ultimate purpose?

One must eat to survive,
Yet do we not deserve
Some semblance of taste
In the meals we devour?

When the tasteful become tasteless,
Well developed appetites evanesce.

-The Forgers of Fantasy

P.S: I wrote this in memory of some of my earlier friendships(and some which exist even today),in which my friends and I weren’t opening up to each other at all. We’d talk and talk,cheerful on the outside,while awkward and uninterested within..ultimately staying away from each other. The monotonous drone of one such person that I’d listened to today motivated me to write this.

This has been penned for DVerse,where poets were asked to pen quadrilles including any form of the word “salt”. You can access the prompt at https://dversepoets.com/2022/02/21/quadrille-146-lets-get-salty/

For more such poems,refer The Forgers of Fantasy

28 thoughts on “Unsalted”

  1. Riya's avatar Riya

    ahh true!
    school friendships are meant to be only on the surface. deep bonds are rare and take time and effort… I don’t think that they acknowledge the effort part😂

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    1. ❤ In my old school, I got so fed up of my classmates, I actually asked for a separate bench for myself,and the teacher obliged. Now,in my new school, I find it extremely difficult to adjust to the arrogance of some guys and the we-dont-vibe-so-we-cant-be-friends attitude of some others. ❤

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