For dVerse Poets Pub. Today is Quadrille Monday.
Peeling Fruit
“What can we expect from an empty shell Where many hearts of pearl once beat to dwell, Waves fail to break hard layer’s bond of love, Wailing shore sends memoir to the sky above” ― Munia Khan
The knife plunges into the blood orange
and the chef pulls back the peel
and rips it from the orange.
the blood orange seeps red liquid.
I feel just like that orange.
the orange bleeds juice –
the human bleeds tears.
the knife keeps ripping.
kanzen sakura 
Feb 24, 2020 @ 14:55:59
Yes, that is how grief feels, for sure.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 14:58:43
Yeppers
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Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:11:47
Ah, Toni, so much pain. I’m glad you have a safe place to bleed.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:13:37
Sorrow is like bleeding and keep bleeding.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:19:38
It is
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Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:14:36
I like the comparison of the juice from an orange like a bleeding.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:23:46
Your quadrille is so full of pain, Toni, it smelled of blood orange, and the sound of a knife ripping echoed through it. I wish I could offer some meaningful words of comfort, but I can only appreciate your words.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:37:10
Your words are beautiful Toni and so true.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 15:46:29
A blood orange violated by a knife is a perfect analogy. I feel privileged to be part of an audience of fellowship; bless you.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 16:08:45
Wow, this is intense! I like your vivid analogy.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 16:26:50
So open and raw.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 16:28:07
The reader cannot help but feel your pain. Raw, painful and incredibly sad. Wishing you comfort. 💕
Feb 24, 2020 @ 16:42:40
Orange a diluted red, tears diluted blood. It’s painful and cutting, and the emotion seeps out of your poem.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 16:49:59
Oh the pain is stark in your quadrille
Much❤love
Feb 24, 2020 @ 19:04:42
The grief is ripe…
Feb 24, 2020 @ 19:35:11
You are gifted, dear lady in expressing yourself so purely. The pain bleeds in your words and I think we should feel honoured to read them as you share your grief (love) so intimately.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 19:55:33
Wow. Intense imagery. Well done.
Feb 24, 2020 @ 20:21:30
Your words bleed grief. The readers knows it is heartfelt.
wishing you peace…
Feb 24, 2020 @ 23:50:36
Oh dear. Oh dear. This plunges and daggers straight to the heart.
Feb 25, 2020 @ 01:15:43
Oh the pain of the ripping and tearing.. we all bleed the same.
Feb 25, 2020 @ 09:03:58
Vivid imagery that really effectively captures the feeling of sorrow or grief. Thanks for sharing.
Feb 25, 2020 @ 17:16:53
“the human bleeds tears” — Sometimes I think it would be easier to bleed blood than tears, but we don’t get to choose our pain in this life.
Feb 26, 2020 @ 20:23:34
“The knife keeps ripping” – that is a true description of grief.
Feb 26, 2020 @ 20:44:07
Yes it is
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