the orange
bittersweet
you’ll forever be that way.
you will never be the sunset on a summer day
your life wasn’t the flutter of a monarch’s wings.
not to me.
I loved you.
but there’s a tartness on my tongue
and words we both swallowed
sour juice left in the sun.
peace has found you
I wanted it that way
but there are some things best left
unconsumed.
A short debut poetry collection that explores all of the demons that life throws at you.