As a child, I was always warned
never to love a boy
who breathed in smoke
because he would love
his cigarettes more than
he'd ever love me

and ever since
i've been afraid

but when I met you
fear didn't consume me,
the exhilaration of loving you did.

It was all I wanted.
It was all I did.

Until I made you choose
between your cigarettes and me.