you don't marry the boys that set your heart on fire mama said. you don't give yourself to the boy that makes you lose your mind she yelled. you don't let him feel your head with ideas that could shuttle your world mama told me. you don't let him have all the power she cried. Because the day you do, is the day you destroy the life inside you my sweet. That day your legs will open wide for him and your lips will stretch far for him and your soul baby, your soul will be eaten in ways that you never knew a man could crush a being.