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I’ve learned to live without you

I know I took you for granted.

You were my breakfast, my coffee snack.

You made a lunchtime sandwich complete.

You were the coating on my chicken

And everything I had to eat was wrapped in you.

I miss you. But I’ve learned to live without you

 

You were killing me. Little by little.

Hurting me. Destroying me.

You didn’t know. Neither did I

Until that day they said that we must part

It broke my heart.

I miss you. But I’ve learned to live without you

 

You’re as popular as ever with my friends.

I see you all the time, but I won’t come close.

I used to think that I would die without you

But now I know the opposite is true

I had to leave you so that I could live.

I forgive you, Gluten.

I miss you. But I’ve learned to live without you

 

A little self indulgent poem, from a prompt to write about a platonic relationship !

It was suprisingly cathartic, considering I’v been gluten free/ coeliac for over half my life!