A/N: Pass the Poetry 2020 week of 06/19/2020 challenge- write a poem based on a popular metaphor.
Metaphor- I heard it through the grapevine
Words travel through
those deceitful vines,
bringing nothing but poison
from those rotten leaves.
Phrases that shouldn't be
brought to public ear,
for they travel with knives
that cut from the inside.
To hear through the grapevine
is only the first step,
then the secret remains,
digging a hole in its keeper's heart.
Take them back, vines!
No more words that bring
only pain. Keep them inside.
May you wither away.
