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The Problem With This
The problem with this boy is that he can’t kiss
 And the way that his fingers encircled my wrists
 Left those pressure points swelling  below my tattoo
 When he fingered the outline like you used to do
 
 
 And the problem with this boy is that he’s too nice
 See, my parent’s, they love him, they give him advice
 On those dreams that he has which line right up with theirs’ 
 And I’m starting to miss my mom’s fiery glares
 
 When she aimed them at you, I knew you were my own
 And I wanted to run with you far from this home
 (So I called it, we both knew that it was more like
 Somewhere I could hang out till we started at life)
 
  And the problem with this boy is that he’s too still
 And his legs never shake when he feels unfulfilled 
 And he never bursts into my room late at night
 Full of questions and passions and wanting to fight
 
 And this boy is quite swell, but his clothing is neat
 And he won’t grow his hair out; he washes his feet
 And he doesn’t play bass in an indie rock band
 When he asks me a question, he doesn’t demand.
 He’s a good-looking boy, but the problem with this
 Is that he never sucks on my lip when we kiss
 And he never gets angry, and I never cry
 And when I’m unreasonable he’ll comply
 
 And the issue I’m facing is getting quite clear
 That this boy never plans to take off; disappear
 Cause he doesn’t have dreams that are bigger than me
 Doesn’t crave for a world where there’s much more to see
 
 And I know he won’t leave me, he won’t run away
 To pursue stupid passions that led him astray
 But the problem with this boy, I’ll tell you quite true
 Is that simply, he’s just never going to be
 You.
 
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I like the way you structured your verses. It's so difficult to rhyme poems and I think you did it beautifully -- it wasn't awkward at all, as rhyming can sometimes be. I really like it. It's sweet.
 
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this actually.. i find very real
nice work.