LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE!
OH, FOR SOME CHOCOLATE! LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE!
FOR LOSING WEIGHT,
CHOCOLATE'S NOT UP TO THE TASK,
BUT IF YOU LOVE CHOCOLATE,
WHY BOTHER TO ASK?
CHOCOLATE FOR BREAKFAST
AND CHOCOLATE FOR DINNER;
IF ONLY CHOCOLATE
WOULD HELP YOU GET THINNER!
CALORIE COUNTERS COULD CEASE THEN TO COUNT;
THOSE WHO WEIGH GRAMS COULD EAT ANY AMOUNT!
FOR IT'S CHOCOLATE! LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE!
NONE WOULD DARE QUESTION ITS DAILY PERCENT!
INDULGING WOULD NOT BE SO RARE AN EVENT!
DOCTORS AND NURSES ALIKE COULD REJOICE
FOR WONDERFUL CHOCOLATE --
THE FOOD OF THEIR CHOICE!
BUILDING UP MUSCLES WITH MINERALS GALORE!
VITAMIN-PACKED FOR YOUR ENERGY STORE!
IRON & PROTEIN, WITH CAROTENE, TOO --
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT
YOUR CHOCOLATE WOULD DO!
OH, DEAR CHOCOLATE! LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE!
IF ONLY A REASON WE HAD TO IMBIBE,
IN CHOCOLATE CANDY WITH CARAMEL INSIDE!
(MEANWHILE, IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN.........)
TOWARDS A DISCOVERY THE SCIENTISTS RACED,
CHOCOLATE WAS ONE TREAT
THEY LONGED TO EMBRACE!
RESEARCHERS PONDERED, AND ONE SUNNY DAY,
"EUREKA! WE'VE GOT IT!"
WE HEARD THEM ALL SAY!
SINCE THAT GREAT MOMENT
THE NEWS WAS ANNOUNCED---
"CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU!"
ALL THE MEDIA POUNCED!
EAT YOUR CHOCOLATE! LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE!
DEEP IN THIS TREAT, ANTIOXIDANTS RESIDE!
SO WELCOME YOUR CHOCOLATE
WITH ARMS OPENED WIDE!
THE MORAL OF THE TALE
I WILL TELL YOU WITH PLEASURE--
SOMETIMES WHAT'S HIDDEN
IS A MARVELOUS TREASURE!
GOD GIVES HIS BEST
TO THOSE SEEKING HIS WAY!
HIS SWEET LOVE IS A TREASURE
WORTH FINDING TODAY!
"...IF...YOU SEEK THE LORD YOUR GOD,
YOU WILL FIND HIM
IF YOU LOOK FOR HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART
AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL."
(Deuteronomy 4:29)
your loving message!
I too am a BiG Chocolate lover,and writer of chocolate and more!
Have 4 poems here on chocolate!
Dark is the BEST!
I love your holy message, speaks truth, chocolate is natural
Has been for some hundred years!
PEACE! and WArmest HugS,Lady PURPLE Sheeeoox
This is simply & deliciously penned.......the sweetest way ever to bring praise to our LORD!
Unfortunately, I am allergic to chocolate :(
Great write!
Love, Rhonda
Chocolate is also one of my favorites...
and there is nothing better than the sweetness of the Lord...
nice work.....Art Sun...
Sighhhhhhhh...ta-ta...weightloss...heloooooo fatty-boom-sticks!!
Love Tinka :)
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
Be safe,
Karen
Good thing I don't like chocolate!! LOL However: the write is deliciously sweet; well done!
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Hugs, Laura
Think of chocolate as one of those "feel good" sins.
Love the poem and the humor.
Elizabeth
Fee
Kim
I WILL TELL YOU WITH PLEASURE--
SOMETIMES WHAT'S HIDDEN
IS A MARVELOUS TREASURE!
Very, Very True!