Chewing Gum

“Flattery is like chewing gum,

Enjoy it, but don’t swallow it.”

-Hank Ketcham

You are as a piece of gum,

you start out tasty and sweet.

But as you continue to behave the same

your value becomes, as stale as defeat.

However, you are not valued personally,

you will always be taken for granted.

Despite only trying to be there for comfort,

you only turn out, to be something forgotten.

It is possible for you to be as a gift,

to bring about another one’s smile.

But in reality, and in the end,

you are just something thrown away.

Your ways are not everlasting,

your life’s fruits are superficial.

It’s not so much your fault,

your purpose here is very clear.

You are what gets us through the day,

what we sometimes need to rely on.

But sometimes that’s all you do,

you’re not anything greater.

You are what we desire at first,

and what we don’t desire after.

You are a toy, a small child’s toy,

You are once loved, but then always forgotten.

You are chewing gum, it’s just who you are,

nobody cares of you out in the end.

it’s just funny how, what’s once loved so dear

can be so lost in time, and made out unclear.