This doesn’t require many words, so just a few it is.
Whoever the ‘her’ is who may occasionally - of often - cross your mind and heart but you keep delaying because of life.
Your mum.
Your sister.
Brother.
Lover.
The Moon.
Your dog or your cat or your gerbil or your spider.
The Sun.
That Tree at the end of that field.
The cactus on your windowsill.
The stream at the end of the field.
Your favourite poetry or prose story.
The doodle you made mindlessly but then discovered you feel drawn to keep it since you came back around.
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Whoever the ‘Her’ is to you at this moment.
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And, maybe, it’s You that you’ve been delaying to tell it to.
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