Love Dont Come With Instructions Poem by Reshma Ramesh

love made me cross and made me red in the cheeks
not for me i said it is for losers and freaks
all i want on a rainy day is chips and steaks
a dog and a plumber when my tap leaks

it laughed and mocked and sang all day
I shut all my senses June till may
you cant resist me it cried what say
believe me i will make you happy and gay

baby love don't come with instructions
it could be all i have and all i need
it could make me or break me
it could be my only cuppa tea

(me) i have friends who will catch me when i trip
(love) but who will fall with u when u slip?
(me) i have friends who will tell me right from wrong
(love) but who will be there to face the song

(love) i will be the roses on your doorstep
(me) i only want my newspaper
(love) i will be the breeze on your window sill
(me) oh reminds me i have to water the plants

baby love don't come with instructions
what will i do with it?
who will teach me to do the fractions?
how do i deal with this?

(me) i don't need love i was hurt too many times
(love) but u didn't do it with one who rhymes
(me) i don't need love iam broke
(love) but baby u need the right stroke

it followed me through april may and june
i had to get rid of it very very soon
i was loving it with guilt like jamoon
if i didnt deal with it it was gonna make me swoon


i tried all the tricks of the trade
i got labeled miss hard to get
but i was as easy as the jelly which was set
i could have been the most easy person to get

baby love don't come with instructions
it lingers on my smile and my twinkling eyes
well it did conquer me and my sighs
i love it more than my egg fries

i don't know if it will leave me again as it always does
i don't want to kick up a huge fuss
i just want to bathe in this bliss
if it is gone tomorrow i would let it go with a kiss.