I want to eat the world
like a child:
eyes wet with wonder at
how pears taste of gritty sweetness
and melt on my tongue
like chocolate
like lost love
I want to dig my nails into
overripe oranges
and take them apart at their seams
digging my fingers into their center
and worship how fragile
their inner skin is
and how they burst into submission
at each bite.
I want to watch
as honey slowly sweats out of its bottle
and sticks to the edge
and leaves sweet fingerprints
sticky memories
as it falls, golden,
over the ledge I want to climb a tree
and lift my arms into the breeze
and pretend that
nothing has ever existed
but my dreams
and
me.
and that I am free.
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