Longing! Poem by Namita Rani Panda

Chocolates and chocolates,
only chocolates!
In every market,
every corner of the market,
every corner of the show case.
It's Chocolate Day of the year!

Chocolates in packets,
chocolates in baskets
in every hue and colour,
in every shape and size
in glistening alluring wrappers.

They relish and enjoy,
look happy and bright
in immense delight
but not a single flake for me ever!

Chocolates and chocolates,
sweet and semi-sweet,
bitter and unsweetened,
crunchy or luscious,
nutty and delicious,
I know from their conversation
but not a flake for me!

White and dark chocolates,
extra dark Chocolates
like the colour of my skin
wink at me with alluring gestures.
Gulping my dribbling saliva
I ask my mom,
‘Please buy me a bar mom! '

With a smile on her parched lips
mom says, "Chocolates are pills for the ills!
They eat chocolates to warm their hearts,
chocolate is in your skin.
Believe me dear,
chocolate tastes bitter,
so avoid it better."

So I long no more
for those glistening objects,
though I still stare at them
but never I ask for a flake again.