Walnut – A Poem by Guanyi Lin (Sandy)

You pondered
Day after day
Knock, knock, knock!
The shell was too hard to break

Down inside the wrinkles of my crust
Someone had engraved
With countless unpleasant traits
Then in a very flipping moment
They turned into my incredible veins
becoming darker and darker

But I didn’t expect that I would fall in love with a squirrel,
I couldn’t even conceal any secrets
Hidden beneath my solid face

Knock, knock, knock!
Came with a loud crack–
Feeble and vulnerable,
My ego, my pride.

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