Ice Cream Cone

Sometimes I love 
too deeply.

Forgetting love 
is like an
ice cream cone, 

and if I squeeze
too tightly, 

it will burst.

Pieces of precious
cone crumbling 
in my grasping grip.

Before either of us 
could have a lick.


Daisy Dai, an Alabama-raised Chinese American, lost her head in San Francisco and found her forever home in New York where she now lives with her cat Sunny. Daisy’s poems are a melodic whisper, weaving subtle melancholy into free verses that capture the bittersweet essence of life. She has a keen ability to distill complex feelings into carefully chosen words that are rhythmically harmonious, soothing readers into pondering the inner workings of the human experience. She is also a product marketer, podcast host, and voiceover actor. For more of Daisy’s poetry or to tune into her podcast, visit daisyishdays.com or follow @daisyish on Instagram.

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