Contagion

a poem by Jayati

Please don’t love me but be kind
’cause love wants love
which makes me blind;
I get involved
with no after thought;
Leaving you hurt
when you realize
it was, the intense innocence
lacking sound sense;
Of mature reasoning.
So you feel I’m a flirt.
But I tell you sincerely
Please don’t love me
and make me ill;
It will ruin my peace of mind.