u/CommieGangsta

You remind me of a friend

You remind me of a friend I loved so much

You remind me of a friend I lost to distance

A friend I lost to time

A friend I lost to difference

A friend I loved so much

You make me feel warmth

You make me feel love

You make me feel loved

A love more precious than my desire to be loved

Looking everywhere for something I never knew I had

Looking everywhere for something I had in you

A friend I love so much

A friend I love despite distance

A friend I love despite time

A friend I love despite difference

A friend of mine

Tangerines are my favorite!

I ate 5 tangerines in a row and now all that's left is the skin; empty,

Nothing left to give, nothing left to take.

I took all that I could have gotten from them, all that they had to offer.

Now they sit as bare as I once was, a disquieting silence because took all that they had, yet they still sit in front of me; all the pieces are there, but they'll never fit together again.

There were no thorns to my tangerines, but it still hurts to touch the peel.

was the pain always there? were they always empty?

There is nothing here now except a memory that's fading every day and the taste of citrus on my chapped lips, the smell that's lingering just enough to notice.

Tomorrow I will not remember the tangerine, but the shell will still be in my trash, I won't remember the taste except as a memory, and a memory is something I can never hold.

Tangerines are my favorite, but I ate too many, now my stomach hurts when I think of eating another one.

Tangerines are my favorite and I want no more tangerines.