Elaine C.

Your favorite was ruined and I’m only to blame.

I know you love it above all.

Your reaction gave it all away…

You were like a deer in headlights

Recovering just in time to escape.

Don’t even try to spare my feelings!

You struggle keeping your broken shell shut,

But you leave your insides exposed in the light slowly drying out.

All the remains are hard and crusty. The fly-covered tissues

Fried by the boiling cement.

Your understanding and attempt to suppress only makes

The guilt grow like a nasty mold on a wet old cardboard box

Slowly creeping in between the pages of precious books.

However, I could see the hurt and frustration

Boil out like an over-boiled egg in a surplus of bubbling water.

The bits and pieces of boiled egg released from the cracked shell

Swarm and swim violently.

I wish I could turn back time

So my mind would rewind leaving it buzzing,

Unaware of the mistake that would never happen.

The burning smell should have triggered something in my mind.

I should have paid attention,

But I was in a distant and picture-perfect place.

I know I’ve disappointed you…

You should know that I really do know.

I wish I could take it all back,

Going back to before, untouched and undisturbed.

I should have taken better care…

          Of that pie waiting in the oven.