I Love Lemonade

You tiptoe around

Your feelings

Keep them in a bag

With a zipper

And zip them up

You say you're like lemonade

You can be sweet

But you can be sour

And people told you

To just be orange juice

Plain and sweet

You said all this

With that look on your face

That you get

When you're ashamed

Embarrassed

Abashed

I told you not to worry

Because I love

Lemonade

Posted in response to the challenge Five #2.

Gali

VT

14 years old

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