My dad was a mystery to me

he never said too much

it was just the way he was

all the time I was around him though

he loved his cottage cheese

he ate it every night before going off to bed

capping off the day

 

as a kid

I could never understand why

he loved his cottage cheese so much

in my opinion

it looked strange and tasted weird

and left a funny taste in you mouth

 

my dad is no longer here

so I can talk about him

the odd thing about it is

now in my older years I myself

have somehow developed a taste for

you guessed it

cottage cheese

 

I think about him every time

I take a bite of those white curds and

now I know why it appealed to him

It fills you up

it's non-fattening

and it's fun

like eating snow flakes

So now I am closer to my dad

in an odd sense

our mutual connection

our cottage cheese

 

he's probably looking down

at me right now

as I have a bowl of it

before going off to bed

and with that little smile

he used to have

he's smiling at me now!