I love you like an alcoholic

Heavy humid night
Corner of park and main
Cast that first glance
Your smile, my veins at maximum capacity
Blood pumping so fast
My girl, if looks gave heart attacks
The dangerous men in the shadows
Were like an audience
And even the meanest among them
Had a little shine in their eyes
When they saw us walk by
Walked about twenty blocks
Talking about good bars and better towns than this one
Kissed that first night
And then the rain opened up the sky to get one last kiss

I love you like an alcoholic
I love you like a statuette
I need you like I need a broken leg

I was getting off the late shift, attempting to recover
Crumpled up the bus pass and tossed it into the gutter
Some handsome dark stranger
You were standing there on the corner
You had those compelling magnetized eyes
That you must have lost when you got older
Seven blocks in, my fingers brushed your hand
I blushed and you laughed, but you seemed a little sad
I ain't one to jump a ship, but I absolutely knew
I was six steps in when I fell into you

One last kiss
I love you like a broken pot
I love you like a pack of dogs
I need you like I need a gaping head wound