As if I've swallowed <br />A watermelon <br />And <br />Sidestepping <br />My digestive tract <br />It has lodged <br />In my heart. <br />There it lies <br />Green <br />& whole <br />with a luscious <br />red <br />heart of its own <br />daring me <br />to cut.<br /><br />Alice Walker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-it-feels-like/