Chocolate


You cannot take my chocolate
I will not give it hence
For you may find it poison
But you lack my defense

What makes you ill affects me not
'Least not in the same way
And while indeed there is a price
It's one I'll gladly pay

You cannot take my chocolate
From which you find no joy
That you think base and evil
Fit only to destroy

But you and I are not alike
And further, you are wrong
You see things in black and white
While I know gray is strong

You cannot take my chocolate
My bars and chips and cake
And though I know they hurt me
To taste is no mistake

Vanilla is the drug you choose
But to me it matters naught
You can keep your damn vanilla
But you can't take my chocolate


--Tonin, November 20, 2014