What isnt love but feels like

What isn’t love but feels like.

There are these things I want to say

But I am afraid how you will interpret them

And whether I will ever find the right words

To express what isn’t love but feels like.

There are these things I want to do

But I am afraid how you will see them

And whether I will ever find the courage

To execute what isn’t love but feels like.

There are these pictures I want to paint

But I am afraid how they will reveal

My innermost self, my emotions

To portray what isn’t love but feels like.

There are these phone-calls I want to make

But I am afraid how they can ruin

A perfectly good relationship

To expose what isn’t love but feels like.

There are these poems I want to write

But I am afraid how the words once spilled onto paper

Will expressly in all their nudity

What isn’t love but feels like.

So I stuff my emotions back into my heart

Shut it, tie it with logic and reason

Stifle, strangle and choke it , hoping to kill

What isn’t love but feels like.

 © 2012 Preeti Shenoy
 
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