On The Shelf

I sit here and wait

for someone to come along,

and snatch me up.

like free goodies to sample

at a grocery store display.

The tasty tempting morsels

that everybody wants to try.

Who will grab this delectable

treat and claim me for their own?

I’ve sat on the shelf for far too

long and fear that I may grow stale,

forgotten and out of date,

pushed to the back of the stacks.

So, won’t you please come

and get me while I last?

Ann Christine Tabaka lives in Delaware, USA.  She is a published poet and artist. She loves gardening and cooking.  Chris lives with her husband and two cats.  Her most recent credits are The Paragon Journal, The Literary Hatchet, The Metaworker, Raven Cage Ezine, RavensPerch, Anapest Journal, Mused, Apricity Magazine, Longshot Island, Indiana Voice Journal, Halcyon Days Magazine, The Society of Classical Poets, and BSU’s Celestial Musings Anthology.