Boxer

As a boxer in your ring

I would fight for you

but never against you

unless I must fight for us

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As a dancer on your stage

I would make love to you

only when you desire

and when you stir the desire in me

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As a farmer in your field

I would toil for you

but never ask you to toil

and still cherish the times we work together

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As a florist in your garden

I would love you

but never take love from you

save for when it is given

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As a singer in your ear

I would croon for you until I'm out of air

I would let all my secret slip

and let you keep the ones you wish

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As a painter in your eye

in art, I would immortalize you

so generations to come will remember

you—your heart—your love

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As a priest in your temple

I would worship you, devote my being to you

I would give you my soul

and never ask for so much as a tear in return

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but I cannot do these things if you will not let me...

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So for you, I would be a wanderer instead

without a prayer, I would bow my head

without a guiding light, I would memorize these lines

without a key, I would sing

without a flower, I would sow

without a plow, I would reap

without a stage, I would dance

and without a ring...

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I would prevail...

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