Out of my stubbornness,
I ate a whole lemon after you told me to not
and as its 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 back—
thinking of my face when my teeth broke through that yellow rind
but you laughed back at me—
saying that
this is exactly what you meant
regardless of the years
the way I act hasn’t changed
it was like a child—
forever
You said it slowly
and your head tilted as you did
and it got me thinking that maybe no one knows me 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