Just Another Cigarette Poem by Fles

Just another cigarette in the great ashtray of life -
Never thought that such a love could lead to so much strife.
You sparked my passion, lit my flame and took my breath away,
Then stubbed my heart out on the floor, yet still you make me pay.

How did I fail to see the way you stole into my mind?
Infatuation blinded to demerits of my find.
So now I feel my passion spent, emotions waste away,
And yet I know my need for you grows stronger every day.

Gotta fight this cancer inside me,
Though I long for your nicotine high;
You clogged my lungs and stopped my heart
Yet still for you I'd die,
For just another cigarette.

I need to hold you to my lips, addicted to your drug.
My god, I walked into this trap - I must have been a mug;
A fool for you, a fool for love, a fool who never learns,
A fool who fell into your fires, destined then to burn.

Gotta fight this cancer inside me,
Though I long for your nicotine high;
You clogged my lungs and stopped my heart
Yet still for you I'd die,
For just another cigarette.

You should carry a health warning:
‘Causes Heart Disease'
Once you touched my lips, I was in your grasp
And you brought me to my knees.

Another smouldering pile of ash, consumed by love's sweet flame;
I knew the risks from the very start - got no-one else to blame.
I craved to feel your high although I knew that I must fall;
Better to have never loved than loved and lost it all.

Can't fight this cancer inside me,
For I long your nicotine high;
You clogged my lungs and stopped my heart
Yet still I know I'd die
For just another cigarette.