Help me understand.

How do I tell a flower

Not to bloom right now?

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Or force the children

That they must stop, not grow up

When they should each day?

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How to pause the leaves

From falling from its strong stems

Fighting gravity?

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How to tell the sea

To steady its tides and waves

When I want it to?

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How to stop myself

From falling in love with you

'Cause I shouldn’t do?

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In a quandary

I ask these questions and more

Yet still unanswered.

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I compare myself

To a little bud that blooms

It's now or never.

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My feelings that grows

Akin to a naïve child

That just keeps growing.

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Inevitable

It happens without warning

Leaves fall when they wilt.

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A delighted heart

While you tease my mind and soul

In rare depths and waves.

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I search for answers

For my confused heart and mind

For things that matter.

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I seek responses

To rationalise the why’s

I shouldn’t love you.

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With each strong reason

I find better excuses

Why I should love you.

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My abysmal will

I can’t catch feelings for you

A broken promise

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I did what I could

My best efforts only failed

I’ve fallen for you.

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My heart melted in your warmth

My love flowed in rivulets

Like spring’s melting ice.

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I shouldn’t love you

For a million reasons yet

I truly love you.

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