To love a girl

It’s an impossible thing

to tell a boy

not to love a girl

 

Impossible

to train his stuttering lips to speak

or still the ticking of his heart

when a dam breaks within him

and his blood rages like an untamed river

 

Impossible

to say the least

to slow the beating of his heart

or hasten the slowness of his mind

 

when a smile steals across his face

in a dream and yet he is awake

when his legs refuse to obey command

and his feet go left instead of right

 

for he is completely unaware

when his eyes shine

and his breath is held captive

when light mirrors his joy

and dances on red rose petals

when speech divorces his lips

and his heart speaks a thousand words

which his thoughts long to say

but his mouth fails to echo

 

Pray, do not forbid a boy

to love a girl

For in any vein

it is impossible.