Dark chocolate

Break open the chocolate bar
boasting 72% cacao
and it will teach you
that darkness is to be savored

Do not bite the bitterness
let it melt on your tongue
until it gives up its sweetness
slowly but willingly

In youth you could not handle
such richness of experience
you needed sugar and milk
to lighten the darkness

But with age you have learned
too much sweetness corrodes a smile
but the right amount of dark
can strengthen the heart