12 Steps To Avoid Falling In Love

1. Do not allow your heart

To yearn.

Your feelings,

You must cull.

2. Don’t sit there smiling,

In a daze.

Fantasy

Takes its toll.

3. Don’t you dare stare,

In their

Soft,

Bright eyes…

Or you may see their soul.

4. Pay them no attention,

As they enter in the room.

5. Give no notice to

Their scent,

Their cologne,

Their perfume.

6. Do not embrace,

Or graze their face.

… For that will be your doom.

7. Do not let them

Fill your thoughts,

As your mind

Drifts

Through the day.

8. Don’t invite them over,

For the night,

For a movie,

Or a play.

9. Release the peace

It’d bring to you,

If they whispered,

“Let me stay”.

10. Don’t fantasize,

About your lives,

If love were to come your way.

… Or holding hands

Out on the porch,

While watching

Children play.

11. Remember love is full of lows,

And people are absurd.

12. But if you’re brave enough,

To love

Again…

… Don’t listen to a word.