Josiah

“If you were a mango
I would peel you

Keep you for myself
then reveal you

If you disappeared
I would find you

Treat you like gold
and then mine you

If you were a secret
I would carry you

Between my two lips
and then marry you,

is what I want to say
to the girl

who makes my stomach wobble
and my heart beat

like a drum
but what actually comes

out of my salty mouth is
Would you like some nuts?”
― Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return