out of my stubbornness,
i ate a whole lemon after you told me to not
and as it’s acid hit my tongue and my face crumbled in awe of such sourness
you laughed
and said that nothing about me changed, regardless of the years, regardless of how little you saw me,
nothing about me has changed
i laughed
thinking of my face when my teeth broke through that yellow rind
but you laughed back—saying that this is
this is exactly what you meant
regardless of the years
the way i think hasn’t changed
like a child—forever.
you said it slowly, and your head tiltеd as you did
it got me to thinking that maybe no one knows mе except for me
even though i can’t even figure out who that person is
i know for a fact it’s never going to be what they see of me