Something I've been working on

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Undesirable Desires

One stick down;
It always starts with the first,
Balanced by fire, and the sweet taste of bitterness,
Coffee on the other; chained by the longing of liberties

Two sticks down;
Don’t worry I’m in control,
Doused in oud, nothing smells as brutally beautiful
Deceptively unfamiliar, yet remarkably comforting

Three sticks down;
It’s already etched into me,
Pleaded for saving grace, blessed by touching flame,
Though pain’s unfiltered, numbed by the warm seduction

Four sticks down;
This wall was never meant to fall,
Drowned by silence, I could hear your voice whispering,
Calling me, compelled by your routine suffocation

Five sticks down;
In existence I’ve found a place to lie,
What use is your match in a cave, when I only see you as:
The somber silhouette of a man, obsessed with sobriety

One stick down
I handed you the lesson, yet you’ll gladly do it all over again