Mandarins

Summer came like mandarins The half of it so sweet Seedless loose-peeled Jupiters My heart for his to keep No one has to know about The plans we'd say we'd do While circling unfamiliar trails My parents have no clue I'm seeing you Orange made the face I was A smirk of certainty Said I checked off his requirements Amidst my disbelief I sought to peel all expectations Fell too easily Received a love reciprocated My naivety So have I chosen a Clementine That's ripe to be my Valentine? To catch the scent at arm's length You'll know it's ripe, in time So tight his skin to my touch Hints of sour more than much Sweet to bitter to my dismay Pacing round an apple tree The taste it wasn't right The blame that we're not meant to be The sour I did fight A serpent's witty explanation One forbidden tree A piece of mandarin temptation No uh oh siree But Father is growing all the time A small but lovely thriving vine Where fruits and veggies climb On branches just like mine I'll roll with it like Mandarins do Keep glistening in the Son