Don’t Call Me……
Thomas Turner

Don’t call me sweet;
    for it is not my desire.
I don’t want to be sweet.
    All I want to be………
is with you.

Don’t call me special.
    Don’t call me unique.
I wish to be neither.
    All I wish………
is to be loved.

Don’t call me a genius.
    Don’t call me a fool.
Because I am neither.
    I’m somewhere in between.
Just call me intelligent.

Don’t call me a devil.
    Don’t call me a saint.
For I am neither.
    I am only human.
I can feel and cause pain.

But most of all,
    Don’t call me a friend;
for it is not my desire.
    I don’t want to be your friend.
I want to be your lover.

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