Nicotine

by Andy Deats

Bad for my body

bad for my soul

loving you I can't control.

My mind cries for you

as do my eyes

this addiction I must deny.

I can't keep near you

yet can't run away

like it or not,

you're here to stay.

I want to quit you

but this obsession's obscene.

I'm addicted

you're my

nicotine.

 

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