Do you always dream oranges?

Are they still part

of the dreams you dream

before dawn sections the night

from day?

Do you dream oranges

so bitter-sweet your eyes sting

with the opulence of their colour,

whose taste is an explosion

against the roof of your mouth,

probing the senses of tongue, lips,

satisfying the heart's need

to feel the sun

inside?

In this grey aftermath of love lost,

do you always dream oranges?