A teaspoon of glorious taste
that most of us long for.
We try to do with other things like
tasting acceptance
tasting fun
tasting laughter
tasting joy
and they were all very good.

But there is another taste
that gives us all those great flavors
into one small taste.
A taste so packed with flavor
it seems to last eternity.
We don't want to let it go
and if it leaves,
we mourn, and hurt ourselves
by trying with all our might to hold the taste
but it has gone.

It was so sweet
you didn't want to let it go.
You want to taste it again.
No doubt you will
someday.

But don't take a great big bowl
and gulp it down.
Too much of a good thing,
and it may tear you apart if it leaves
because you have made it
too much a part of yourself
and your heart.

Don't be afraid to let it go.