Sour Grapes

When I was young, I spent one summer day at Grandma’s. There, some grapes I spied looked fine. Yet even now I can’t recall the way they grew! I'd known that grapes grow on a vine, and yet on vines I don’t think these grapes grew. I’m picturing them on a bush instead! I’m pretty sure they seemed a hue of blue, or were they purple? Tempted, I was led by their plump look to pluck them eagerly. A child was I, and simple things I found like lovely grapes could fill my heart with glee. I tasted one; then spat it on the ground! How like those grapes are other things I’ve tried in life – things looking sweet, yet sour inside! Written Sept. 1, 2018