Dumb Genius

Philosophy is one of her favorites,
Physics is just a piece of cake;
Solving Algebra is her hobby,
History is her bedtime story.
Geometry is just easy for her,
Calculus is like one plus one.
She knows everything about Science,
From Medical and Earth Science,
Up to Cardiology and Biology,
including Geography and Astronomy.

Literature is one of her edges,
Answering essays give her rest.
Using idiomatic expression is her thing,
Figure of speech is her everything.

She believes there's an answer in everything,
Theories, mysteries and problem.
In every quiz bowl she's joining,
Bringing home the bacon is her aim -
surely she never fails even once.

But the greatest challenge occur,
There's one problem she can't solve.
She can define and understand,
Yet until now it's not applied.

She searched for it in the dictionaries and internet,
The same definition is what she get -
"Love is a feeling of strong or constant affection"
The more she read about it,
The more she get confused.

For once in her life,
She can't solve a problem;
She can't answer it well.
Everything she read from books and internet,
Were of not use to her in this situation.

She can't understand what she feels,
She can't interpret it very well -
Afraid she may misinterpret it,
She can't give an answer,
If what she felt is love,
Or it's just a lust?

She can't figure things out:
If it's mere attachment or lust?
An obsession or crush?
When to say if it's already love?
If what she's doing is right.

Once in her life she got really confused,
She keep on rationalizing the situation,
Like a case in the Law School.

For her it seems like a Mystery of Bermuda Triangle,
A black hole in the outer space,
The Pyramids in the egypt,
The aliens in the universe;
It can't be explained by so many experts.
If they can,
Theories and concepts can't be applied.

Once in her life,
She felt very helpless,
She got loss of words,
Her thoughts got blanked.
Just because of love,
A genius become dumb.

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