fruit hearts
i know a girl with a heart like a watermelon
an outside with a seemingly tough skin
hard and cold
but once you smash her shell
the inside bleeds a sugary red,
sweet and soft, quickly devoured
until none of her sweetness remains for herself

i knew a boy with an apple for a heart
the outside was perfect
seemingly flawless
biting into him i relealized that his flesh was rotten
there were worms in his core
i managed to wash out his taste but my lips still curl in disgust every once in awhile

there is an avacado in my chest
a tough rind,
and when you cut through even my center is hard as stone
but the rest of me is soft and vunerable
cut me open and in a few hours
flies will swarm around me and my destiny will be clear

i fell in love with him,
the boy with the strawberry heart
his sweetness was almost unearthly
my cold heart had nothing to offer him
he told me he loved guacamole
then i realized i would let him slash me open
take the softest parts of me and blend them
if only to make him smile
(strawberry boys have the most beautiful smiles, i've found)