Please stop

Do not say

Those three words

All they convey

Learned my lesson

A long time ago

Love to be avoided

Confuses mind so

Affects reasoning

Alters perception

Leaves one open

To manipulation

Too old for fairy tales

Romantic delusions 

Uninterested in games

Attempts at persuasion 

In control of my life

As never before

Friendship welcome

Do not ask for more

By Margaret Karim

From: United Kingdom