Just Like a Cigarette

I drown in tears I shed for you 
You drown in clouds of smoke 
I suffer when I look at you 
You suffer when you choke 

There's pain in every screaming lung 
There's sorrow in my heart 
For everytime you take a puff 
Your breaking it apart 

Don't you know your life is changing 
With every smoke you get 
Your life is getting ever shorter 
Just like a cigarette

_Tamara Brown_
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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April 10, 2016 at 1:50 AM
well done Tamara. linda
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June 30, 2011 at 12:47 AM
Hmm.. tell you I like this...Your life is getting shorter/ just like a cigarette. So true, keep writing, Tamara
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