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Mine to Lose
You’re my Marlboro man with a fire
Fashioned for you to wield in your fingers
And fan the flames of my heart’s desire
As its fury strengthens, smolders, lingers.
The nearer you become temperatures rise
Until I’m perilously close to burned,
Proof I’m operating under the guise
Of someone who has rightly lived and learned.
Your glow on my cheeks makes them rosy red,
Returns me to a child’s self-control.
Soon I can believe the sweet words you’ve said,
Better countenance the beauty of my soul.
To stay beside you I openly choose,
Savoring each moment you’re mine to lose.
