Citrus

Blood orange, blood psyche

Squeeze my mind, squeeze my body

Purge the inner child of vitamin C

Shoot my head, make me bony

Scales of obsession

Mirror of truth

Mind of deception

The awaited ripening of fruits

Kiyat-kiyats look like tangerines

Tangerines look like grapefruits

I ask if it lies

No, it tells only the truth

Shattered, I look at my reflection

If figures of darkness surround me

Am I truly lonely?

Away from the light

My body disappears

What's left is my biggest flaw

Rogue, prickly cerebral veins

Unfolding, projecting

Creating millions of noises

And influencing every circuit

Of my tyrannical brain

Sorrowful exocarp of only 18

Shame and blame circling a beautiful

Yet sour, dissociating endocarp that drains

One that feasts the eyes

But never the mind

I overdose on aerobic exercise

Then I call myself unrefined

Maybe one day

It will all be okay

For now I ask

For now I entreat

My dear health, my lost temple

When will you come back to me?