Apple

The random word generator chose: Apple

I have to admit, this one was a little more difficult because I was trying to find a way to write about an apple but not make it sound like a kid’s book. So, I went went the perspective of writing from an apple’s point of view.

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You won’t pick me out of the bunch
I’m bruised from careless hands
People who dropped all that I am
And threw me back in the pile


I watch you scan the others
Touching them to see if they’re good enough
Your fingers brushing their skin
Looking for imperfections
You always put them back down


I close my eyes as I feel
Myself fit perfectly in your palm
You look concerned when you
See how thoughtless people had handled me before


You smile in a way that feels
Like home
Your show a kindness I’ve
Never known


“Perfect”