Syrup

Elliot Breault

Syrup

Pounds crumbled off like the pastries he used to enjoy.
It was the sweet jam filling he really missed.
That sticky syrup,
making a mess wherever it touches.
“Look who’s hogging all the sweets,” they say.
“You need to eat, darling,” they’ll cry out the next week
and cling on with a tacky grasp.
Maybe that’s why I love them.
They’re just like syrup.

Elliot Breault is a fourteen year old sophomore who resides in New Hampshire, USA. He enjoys writing and would like to pursue a career as a novelist. He's a big music lover and plays clarinet as well as a bit of guitar. He has been published before in a Robert Frost poetry contest. Elliot uses writing and playing music as a way to self-express.
"Syrup at a crossroads -[ HMM ]- >>Explored<<" by Carbon Arc is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich
The Author
Read More
UNDER THE MADNESS
A magazine for teen writers—by teen writers. Under the Madness brings together student editors from across New Hampshire under the mentorship of the state poet laureate to focus on the experiences of teens from around the world. Whether you live in Berlin, NH, or Berlin, Germany—whether you wake up every day in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North or South America—we’re interested in reading you!