Poem - Learning to Waiting to Learn

Learning to Waiting to Learn
All those bad relationshipswere just unripe peacheseaten too soon
hard and dry where they should besoft and juicy
yet we get seducedby the how sweet it could bemissing altogether the how sweet it isor isn’t
My friend says the differencebetween a restaurantand cooking at homeis that you have to eat your mistakes at home
No one bites into a not perfect peachand tosses it. We don’t waste like that.We do waste, but not like that.
They’ll keep biting and bitinghoping for that one perfect bitedown to the pit. The hard thingin the middle that offers nothingunless placed in fertile soil.
We are creatures of optimismeven the pessimistsas we are creatures of evolutioneven the creationists
We will keep going and goingthinking it will get better. It will. Toss the peach. Let it decay compost the soil. Let the pit split emit seeds of sweet juicy futuresfor generations marveling at a peach treeon the sidewalk of a Brooklyn streetwondering where did that come from
then waitas long as it takesfor the ripe one
in the meantimethere are other things to eatkale and collardsbooks and songs
wait for the right oneyou can know it by its scentthe velour of its touch
when it comesbe gentleit is soft, sweetand contains anelixir you won’t want to spill
not even a drop.

c. 2014e. amato

#np Jonathan Wilson