an almond weighs as much as an almost
when it sits in your hand, brown, guileless
and when it crunches in between your teeth
and leaves its skin in your smile<\/p>\n\n\n\n
almonds are the past;
the smell of a kitchen, the taste of flaky pastries,
the bitter tang of things left unsaid<\/p>\n\n\n\n
almonds are untrue;\u00a0
they want to be nuts, but they are not.\u00a0
only i know the truth. i hold it close to my chest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
almonds are cultivated;
they\u2019re not found in the wild anymore,
we keep them to ourselves selfishly, we do not share<\/p>\n\n\n\n
almonds are slow;
give them time, let them sprout into a beauty
or hold them tight to your chest and watch them rot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
maybe next time i hold an almond, i will throw it out into the world
or maybe i will crunch it again
and let my teeth stain almond-skin-brown with regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wrote this for the Scholastic Art and Writing competition and got a silver key!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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