my mother always told me
to never lick the peanut butter off the knife when i was done
even though you'll get the extra treat,
you can get cut
and i've always thought this was stupid for her to tell me
because i knew if i licked the knife that i'd probably get cut
but i never knew if how right my mother was
and i couldn't see that you were the knife
how the chance of getting so close to you sounded delicious
and i still had that chance of getting cut
but i would've taken anything for you
at the time
and now
all i want to do
is tell my mother
how right she was