Juice

My love for you is like an apple core:
center nestled in ripe fruit flesh

My love for you is like a peach's pit:
solid, vital, and at the heart of my purpose.

My love is like a watermelon rind:
a mottled shield about softness;
stained pale where it has kissed the earth
and drunk deep (supped the sky)

My love for you is like an orange peel,
for you are of rare sweetness
and it envelops you always.