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Please, just let me stay a while

And wrap me in your scented heats

Trap me gently in your passing ghosts

and call your victories my defeats.

Take his name when you touch my face

Leave me lying in his place

Say "darling, you were always mine.

All you needed was a little time."

Give me one night of secret love

And tear my skin when I feel most vain

Let this yearning turn to dust

If it isn't the right kind of pain.

Then I guess I'll live with my mistakes

And we'll both sleep in this bed I've made

And when the time has passed, I'll think of when we fell.

And I'll cry, yes I'll cry. "My Lover, Goodbye.

At least,just once, I could say I knew you well."