My body rejects you
Love is a foreign food
You give me flowers
And it blocks me up, I can’t eat
Butterflies and stomach bugs sitting together inside me
These are new flavors
my gut bacteria is not equipped for
You say you miss me, I’m in your head
And I’m up all night on the toilet
Begging for relief
I don’t know how to process
You call me your baby
And a string of curses floods my head
It’s too close, too soon
I can’t digest this
I have never been sicker
I have never been more full
God grant me the enzymes
I need to taste love and keep it down