White Chocolate

White chocolate has its own kind of sweetness —

not bitter like cacao,

not intense like dark chocolate,

but gentle, like a confession

that hasn’t yet found its voice.


People often say it’s “not real chocolate,”

just because it lacks the bitterness.

But does love only become true

when it carries pain?


I remember the first time you gave me a bar of white chocolate.

You said:


“You’re like this — soft, warm,

and able to make people believe in sweetness.”


I blushed and smiled,

thinking those words would linger for a long time.

But every sweetness has its melting point.

You left,

and the white wrapper stayed on the table —

so light that even a breeze could carry it away.


Years later, whenever I taste white chocolate,

I no longer think of you.

I just remember that once,

someone saw a gentleness in me

I didn’t even know I had.


Maybe white chocolate doesn’t need bitterness

to be acknowledged as real.

And love is the same —

it doesn’t have to hurt

to be deep.