Realization

You opened my life
The way I open an orange:

Firstly
Delighting in the appearance
Of what entices me.

Secondly
Carefully tugging away
The thin outer skin
The casing that holds the flavor.

Thirdly
Pulling the sweet inner life apart
In sections
Understanding the content
By degree.

Lastly
Savoring the tart taste
By the slow reduction
Of its parts
Until it joins my life.

So have you done with me.