Feelings

Feelings are simple things with simple needs, very similar to plants or flowers

It takes time and patience to grow them but some instances, they sprang up from nowhere

And sometimes even with your best effort they don’t grow at all

But in most circumstances if you nurture and feed them

With the right blend of timing and attention feelings will grow

And sprout long tentacles that envelope your thought process

They can grow so heavy that they lean on your cerebral cortex

Making you believe things you once thought was impossible

Feelings don’t care who feeds them, they don’t care who nurtures them either

They do their own thing with no rhyme or reason

Unlike flowers or plants that come with instructions, feelings don’t come with any directions

And even if they did come with a manual that you read carefully from front to back

There’s still a good chance that those feelings can betray you like a loyal pet

Feelings can spurn, manipulate or soothe you

 Depending on the person they decide to permeate

Similar to a rose, feelings can be beautiful but with thorns that prick when they decide to leave you

Feelings don’t care about wrong or right, they just grow wherever they see fit

And if you’re lucky enough, they will grow for somebody worth loving